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Slowly we have lifeted ourselves by our own bootstraps. Step by halting step, we have beat our way back

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Roy Wilkins
Age: 80 †
Born: 1901
Born: August 30
Died: 1981
Died: September 8
Activist
Journalist
St. Louis
Missouri
Roy Ottoway Wilkins
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Back
Way
Halting
Bootstraps
Slowly
Beat
Beats
Step

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