Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope…

Maya Angelou
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Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise. ✨ Maya Angelou (2011). Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women, p.9, Random House
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Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise. ✨ Maya Angelou (2011). Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women, p.9, Random House

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