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Sometimes a person has to go back, really back-to have a sense, an understanding of all that's gone to make them-before they can go forward.
Paule Marshall
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Paule Marshall
Age: 90 †
Born: 1929
Born: April 9
Died: 2019
Died: August 12
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Paule Burke Marshall
Valenza Pauline Burke
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