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Our Perfect Storm

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Our Perfect Storm

by Carley Fortune (Goodreads Author)

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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present

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Tess’s Notes & Highlights

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Heavy by Kiese Laymon

Clarence Thomas seemed as cowardly as every older man to me.

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