Countee Cullen Library

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“poor black cherubs rise at seven
To do celestial chores.”
—Countee Cullen (1903–1946)

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And Pain godfathered me.”
—Countee Cullen (1903–1946)

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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)