Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the…

Maya Angelou
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Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery. ✨ Visions: Maya Angelou. Interview With Ken Kelley, www.motherjones.com. May/June 1995.
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Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery. ✨ Visions: Maya Angelou. Interview With Ken Kelley, www.motherjones.com. May/June 1995.

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