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What are you doing?
Are you coloring?
No, I'm not coloring.
I'm working on a report for school today.
About what?
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Who's she?
She was the first lady.
She was the first lady to what?
The first lady is the woman who's married to the president.
Eleanor Roosevelt married to Franklin Roosevelt.
He was the president a long time ago.
They were both great Americans.
Is Roscoe Riverton a great American?
Roscoe Riverton's a rat, but he's a great cartoon character.
Oh, there you guys are.
Is that a great American?
Ruthie's working on a report about a great American.
Oh. We should all strive to be great Americans, and you guys can start by
upstairs and cleaning up your room, just like your mom told you before you leave
for school.
Maybe it's too much work to be a great American.
How about we just try to feel good Americans?
Go clean your room and we'll talk about it.
I noticed you were up pretty late last night on the phone. When did you have
time to work on your report?
Oh, I finished my report before I got on the phone.
What's it about?
Eleanor Roosevelt.
Didn't you do a report on Eleanor Roosevelt a couple of years ago?
Yeah, but you've got to admit, she was great.
She's worth another report.
Wouldn't you say?
I'd say you're asking the wrong question.
Yeah, well, I better get to school. I'll think about it on the bus.
Okay. I hope you will.
Bye.
They say behind every great man stands a great woman.
But Eleanor Roosevelt did that on her own.
She was a great American.
Interesting report, Rosie.
Why don't you come by after school? I'd like to discuss it some more with you.
Okay, who's next? Let's see.
Alice.
My report.
is on the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
He was a great American because... Excuse me, Alex.
Martin Luther King Day was last Monday. We covered Martin Luther King the Friday
before the holiday.
This week, we're doing reports on great Americans.
But Martin Luther King is a great American. That's true, of course. But
going to let you use last week's work for this week's assignment.
It's just that I don't think we can cover Martin Luther King's whole life in
day. I understand.
But that wasn't the assignment. You'll have to find someone else.
But this is the report I want to give.
Why don't you sit down?
And we'll discuss this after school.
Nice try, Alex.
Someone have a problem?
Seven heavens, when I see their happy faces, smiling back at
me.
Seven heavens, I know there's no greater feeling than the love of
family.
Where can you go, when the world don't treat
you right? The answer is home.
one place that you'll find seven seven
seven seven seven
seven
Hey, Ruthie.
Oh, hey, Martin.
What's up?
Just had a depractive. What's going on with you?
Nothing. I'm just waiting to talk to my teacher, Mrs. Porter.
She's been in there talking to this Alex guy for like 20 minutes.
Alex? The new guy?
From the baseball team?
Yeah, that's the one.
Well, he's not in any trouble, is he?
Kind of.
I feel like we pull Martin Luther King out once a year like he's Santa Claus or
something. We only talk about Christopher Columbus on Columbus Day.
I don't get your point. My point is there is a day set aside to recognize
King. There's a day we recognize groundhogs, too.
But I don't think Dr. King just popped out of the ground, gave his I have a
dream speech, and sank back into the Washington Mall.
Look, there's a curriculum I have to follow.
If you have a problem with the curriculum, you can take it up with the
principal. Thank you.
I think I will.
That's up to you.
In the meantime, I would like to suggest some other people that you can do your
report on.
There's Harriet Tubman.
There is?
You could do Frederick Douglass.
I could.
How about Thurgood Marshall?
Look, Mrs. Porter, I'm sorry, but... These are all great African Americans. I
don't understand why you're being so stubborn about this. You're right.
They are all great Americans, but they don't get their own day.
They all get lumped together in what's supposed to be Black History Month.
I bet none of the other kids in the class even know or care who these people
are. All the more reason for you to introduce them to the other students.
all the more reason to talk about Dr. King's message.
Alex, you're a good student, and I appreciate your passion, but I'm not
make an exception.
We covered Martin Luther King Jr., so move on.
What's the big deal?
I don't know. I asked him.
He should just do another report.
Seems like he's going to have to.
So it's my only option to talk to the principal?
No, you can take a failing grade if you want.
Think about it overnight and let me know what you decide.
Ruthie.
Dude, what are you doing?
What do you mean?
If your grades drop, you won't be able to play ball.
We'll see.
Look, you really need to think about this. I mean, what's more important?
Martin Luther King or baseball?
What did you just say, Martin? I said, it's just that, I mean, he can save his
report on Martin Luther King for the next Martin Luther King Day, right?
I mean, it can be done any year.
Everybody knows who Martin Luther King is, right? I mean, I know I do.
So you think Alex should not risk having us learn any more about Martin Luther
King if it means jeopardizing his position on the baseball team?
Right. I mean, no offense to Dr. King.
No, of course not.
I mean, Alex is a heck of a shortstop, and he's only a sophomore.
Okay.
When you're right, you're right.
You can do your report.
And I'm going to have everybody else redo their reports to cover some of
people you and I talked about, or any other great African Americans.
Does that include me?
I already did my report on Eleanor Roosevelt.
I'm sure you have a few times.
You can't learn by recycling old work, Ruthie.
It would be great if you could do a presentation on somebody new, like
Truth. Who's Sojourner Truth?
You tell me.
Thanks, Mrs. Porter.
You're welcome, Alex.
Hey, thanks to you too, man.
What'd I do?
Other than get me extra work. Hey, it's not my fault you couldn't get by on
recycled work.
I've got to catch the bus.
You know, we got to get dressed for practice. Let's go.
Hey, Ruthie, what happened?
I have to give a new report because I kind of recycled my old one.
There is no rule against that.
Is there?
I was going to do mine on Betsy Ross.
I always do my reports on Betsy Ross.
Well, I'm afraid you're going to have to choose someone else, someone who's
African American.
Why?
Does this have something to do with that new kid, Alex?
Kind of.
Not really. It was Martin.
Hey, new kid.
I heard you were trying to give some MLK report and it's not even Martin Luther
King Day.
Did they let you do that at your last school? Because here and everywhere else
in the rest of the country, it's the Friday before the Monday holiday only.
Sorry, man.
That's just how it is.
Yeah, well, Martin here just changed all that.
I'm going to get to do my report and...
Everyone else in the class is going to have to do a report on a great African
-American, too.
I already wrote my report on George Washington.
I always do my reports on George Washington.
Looks like now you'll be doing a report on George Washington Carver.
I don't think so.
You know, Brewer, everybody stays out of your business out of respect for you.
Maybe you should stay out of everybody else's.
Look, all I said was baseball is important.
That's all I meant, anyway.
Baseball is important.
Sometimes, my coach doesn't even know I'm alive.
Yeah? Well, the only reason he ever pays any attention to me is because I'm a
good pinch runner.
That's not a bad thing. He's the best guy on the team.
Dude. What, he is?
No. What's that on your car?
Somebody must be really mad at you.
Yeah, but for what?
Who would write something like this?
My guess would be a racist.
Mean, ugly, hateful racist.
I talked to Kevin. He'll be right over. Did you call your dad?
I left him a message. I'm going to show it to him when he gets home. So you
drove over here without on your car?
What was I supposed to do?
Did you show anyone at school?
No. I drove over here to show you.
I imagine you turned a few heads on your way over here.
It's not like I wrote it.
No, I know. I'm not saying you have anything to be ashamed of. It's just
language like that. It's hateful. Yeah, but...
I don't understand why anybody would write that on my car. I mean, it's not
I hang out with a lot of black people.
I mean, not that I wouldn't.
I mean, they're black.
I mean, African -American.
I mean, there are guys on the team, and I get along with them just fine.
But it's not like we hang out all the time or anything.
That's the phone thing.
It shouldn't matter if you have one African -American friend or ten African
-American friends or no African -American friends. It's wrong.
What if it was a mistake? What if this wasn't even meant for me?
Doesn't matter if they meant to write that on your car or somebody else's car.
It's still wrong.
I just want to know who did it.
Hey Lou, it's Lucy.
We've got to come up with something creative for the church fundraiser. I
want to do the same old bake sale again.
Let's try to do something we haven't done in a while.
Better yet, let's do something new.
Call me.
That was quick.
Hope you got something good.
Oh, yeah, you bet I do, honey.
Mrs. Bink?
Yeah? I need to talk to your father.
I'm sorry he's not here. Is there something I can help you with?
Well, you know, it's funny.
I always thought that it would be one of the boys who would follow your father
into the ministry.
And you're not just doing this to make up for Mary, are you?
No. I'm just wondering.
Anything I can help you with, Mrs. Bank?
Yeah, you can tell me what that Martin's problem is.
Excuse me?
Martin, you know, Martin, that kid who used to live with your family.
What about Martin?
Well, I was driving home from the market. I saw a car with these
remarks, and he was driving it. What kind of remarks?
Disturbing remarks.
Like? Racial remarks.
And they were written all over the back of the car.
Are you sure it was Martin?
Yeah, the pretty boy. It was him. I know it was him.
That doesn't sound like Martin.
Are you calling me a liar, honey?
Hello? Hey, Ruthie.
What's up?
I have a little bit of a weird question for you.
Okay. Have you seen Martin today?
Yeah, I saw him at school earlier.
Why? What's going on?
I just got a crazy call from Mrs. Bink about Martin and his car.
Was he in an accident?
No, not exactly.
Where's Savannah?
The dogs are watching her.
She's with Annie.
What's going on?
Oh.
You've been driving your car around like that?
Yeah, I had no choice.
This is pretty ugly. Where'd this happen?
In the parking lot at school.
Is there anybody at school you've been having problems with?
No, not at all. Do you think it could be somebody from a rival school?
That wouldn't make sense.
Could just be a case of mistaken identity.
That's what I'm hoping.
If you and your dad want me to, I can talk to the principal about this, but no
matter who it is, it's just very troubling that anyone in our community
even think to write something like this on anybody's car. I can't believe we
could have an incident like this in Glen Oak. This is more than just an
incident. This is a crime, a hate crime, and someone should be locked up for it.
Lucy just called. She said that Mrs. Banks saw this.
What happened?
I don't know.
I was coming out of baseball practice, and there it was.
This happened at school?
Yeah, we were just asking Martin if there's anybody he's been having
with. Do you really think a student could have done this?
That's scary.
Maybe Mrs. Porter was right. I guess we do need this new assignment.
What assignment?
Mrs. Porter heard Martin say that baseball is more important than Martin
King. So she decided that the entire class has to do a new report on Great
African American.
That's not exactly what I said.
That's what you said.
But it's not what I meant.
Anyway, after he said that, Mrs. Porter decided that everyone in class has to do
a new report on a great African American.
I'm not even in that class.
I had nothing to do with it. Alex was the one that made a big deal about it.
But now everybody keeps acting like it's my fault.
Even the guys in the locker room.
How did the guys in the locker room find out?
Mrs. Porter hasn't even had a chance to tell the class.
Alex thanked me for helping him out when we were in the locker room.
Some of the guys weren't too happy about it.
But I don't think they'd do this. They're all good guys.
We're all on the team together.
Alex is African American?
Yeah. He's black and he's a new student.
He transferred last semester.
We should report this. I'm going to call the station.
Reverend Martin, this is Detective O 'Brien.
He heads up the Hate Crime Division.
It's good to meet you.
Sorry it's under these circumstances.
Kevin. Leif.
So you've been driving around with this on your car?
Uh, yeah.
I wanted to show Reverend Camden. I see.
Well, no one said anything to you while you were driving?
I don't think so.
I don't know. I was really too angry to pay attention to anyone else.
Okay, well, it's a good thing you called it. We definitely have a hate crime on
our hands.
And in this case, it's vandalism and racism.
Never thought I'd be the victim of a hate crime.
I'm white.
Anybody can be the victim of a hate crime.
It's just what it sounds like.
It's a crime motivated by hate.
Half the hate crimes in this country are racially motivated.
But it could be any kind of bias. Anything from gender to religion to
orientation. It could even be a disability. Take your pick.
Sad. This is really sad.
It is.
And that's why we take these things very seriously. If this happens again, call
us immediately.
In the meantime, Martin, go ahead and wash your car.
What about fingerprints?
From what I saw, they won't be able to pull any usual prints.
It doesn't matter. I'm not washing my car.
The guy who did this is going to wash it. Go ahead and wash it, son.
Because most of the time with cases like this, you never find out who the perp
is. So if you wait, you may be waiting a long time.
You may be waiting forever.
Then I'll wait, because I didn't deserve this.
Nobody deserves this.
They both stood there in the old town square, the blue -haired bear and the
-haired bear.
And it was clear as their trickling tears that there was no good reason for
their hate and fears.
Mom, what happened to Martin's car?
Well, someone, a very mean person, wrote something terrible on Martin's car.
What did they write?
They wrote something very, very hateful.
Why? Some people use bad words to describe other people.
What was written on Martin's car were horrible words that
mean people use to describe black people.
Is Martin black?
No, Martin's not black. Martin's white.
You two, it's time for bed.
What color do you think I am?
I don't know. It's dark.
I can't see you. All right.
We'll figure it out tomorrow.
They filed a police report.
So Martin's all right?
Yeah, he's fine.
I mean, he's upset over what happened, but he's fine.
Well, he should be upset. I know I'd be upset.
Me too.
Can you believe that someone would write that? No.
That's terrible.
And it's scary to think that he might know the person and just have no idea
they're a... I think there Dumas was saying that sometimes we find ourselves
a prison and we think we can't escape.
And it's up to us to find a way out?
Simon?
Uh, yeah?
You were saying that Martin might not know that someone he thinks he knows is
racist? Right.
Maybe we should talk about this later.
Why?
You're right.
I wonder how many people we all know who are secretly racist.
That's interesting, but I have to go study. I've been on the phone way too
tonight. Well, I called you for a reason.
I need help with my sojourner truth report, remember?
Could you ask Rose or Sandy if maybe they've ever done any research on her or
paper on her?
Maybe I could get a bibliography from them.
Okay, sure.
I'll talk to them, and I'll call you back, okay? Bye.
Talk to us?
About what?
About Martin?
Ruthie just needed help with the paper.
Aw, and she called her big brother.
That's so cute.
Unless you're just passing it off on us.
What's it about?
It's what about?
The paper.
Oh, uh, Sojourner Truth?
Who?
Uh, she's a black woman.
And a great American.
African American.
You have no idea either, do you?
What? You think because I'm black, I know who she is?
No, no, Maya, I wasn't saying that. It was just... Because you looked at me
you said it, so... I assumed that you assumed... I wasn't assuming anything.
I don't even know who Sojourner Truth is, even though I guess I should. I know
who she is.
I always wrote my papers on her.
But what does any of this have to do with Martin?
Martin? Nothing.
Nothing? I heard you ask if he was all right.
Oh, um, Ruthie had said that, um, someone had written something on his
Something about me?
No, nothing like that.
What? I'm supposed to know what they wrote?
Great, now I'm black and a psychic.
No, it's just that... It was something of a racist nature.
Oh, Mr. Porter, hi.
Are you here to see me?
I'm here to see the principal.
Not about the assignment, I hope.
As a matter of fact, yes, I am.
You too.
I'm shocked you would have a problem with it.
About the assignment? Oh, no, I'm here to talk to the principal about what
happened to Martin's car because of the assignment, I'm guessing.
Oh. Well, she's at a conference all week, and the vice principal, Mr.
is in charge. You'll have to deal with him.
Fine. I don't know if you're aware, but Martin's car was vandalized yesterday.
Oh, I heard.
Everybody heard. It's the talk at the school.
I just came from Mr. Medlock's office. He's asking me to back off the
assignment. Because?
Parents are calling to complain. The police have even gotten involved.
Mr. Medlock is afraid that maybe the assignment has become more trouble than
it's worth.
So, are you backing off?
To tell you the truth, I don't really want to.
It's terrible what happened to Martin, but if this assignment led to this kind
of response, maybe it's even more important than I thought.
And then maybe it's important for Mr. Medlock to hear from a parent who
what you're doing.
Let's talk.
Hey, man.
Sorry I got you into all this.
Why should you be sorry you didn't write it?
I still feel bad.
But I'm glad you're on my side.
I'm not on the side.
Look at your back window.
I hate to break it to you, but whoever wrote that put you on the side.
I didn't ask for this.
No, you didn't, and it never should have happened, but... No, it shouldn't have
happened. It definitely shouldn't have happened to me.
Oh, so you think it should have happened to me?
No.
I didn't say that. Why does everybody keep putting words in my mouth?
Nice car.
Hey, Brad, you know anything about this?
Well, my dad told me a story about this guy who wrote a bunch of stuff on his
own car just to get some attention.
Is that what you're doing, Martin?
You looking for some attention?
No, I'm not.
But I am going to catch whoever did this.
That sounds like a threat.
Are you saying that I did it?
Look, I'm just saying that whoever did it is a coward. I'm going to catch him,
and I'm going to make him clean it up.
How are you going to do that, Martin Loser King?
Just curious.
Did you do this?
Do you think I did this? Are you accusing me of doing this? Because that
like reverse racism to me. What's going on here?
Nothing.
Martin, I know that you're upset.
And I know that you want to find out who did this. So do we.
But we can't allow you to keep your car on school property in this condition.
I didn't put it in this condition. I'm going to find out who did it. You really
shouldn't accuse people of things when you have no proof. This car has become a
disruption for the students.
I need you to remove it immediately.
But, Mr. Medlock... And don't bring it back here until you've cleaned it up.
But I'm not moving my car until whoever did this washes off what they wrote. If
you do not remove your car from this parking lot, I'm going to have no choice
but to have it towed away.
Back! Move back!
Everybody, everybody move back!
Get out of the way, out of the way!
Everybody move back!
Keep out of the way.
What?
You're really going to tow my car?
I warned you, Martin. You've left me no choice.
This is the car.
This one right here.
Sir, I haven't done anything wrong. Please don't do this.
Sorry, son, I'm just doing my job.
Call me to a car, to a car.
Nothing personal.
But, sir, please, why should I be punished because somebody did this to
Look, look.
Now that, that there is personal.
What are you doing?
I'm not moving it. The boy's got a point. Look, I'm not interested in
That's not politics.
That's good old -fashioned racism. Oh, believe me, it offends me, too. But my
job is to keep order at this school while our principal is away, and I need
to tow that car.
I'm sorry. I just can't.
We'll have to call somebody else.
You don't know how much I appreciate your support.
We'll just make it clear to Mr.
Medlock that there are some parents who see this issue differently.
But what if something else happens?
I can't say for sure that something else isn't going to happen, but we do know
for sure that if you don't go through with this assignment, something has
already happened, and whoever wrote that awful thing on Martin's car has won.
Dad, I'm glad you're still here. There's a problem with Martin in the parking
lot. Hurry.
Well, the kids have just been able to give us reports.
Why should he get special treatment?
Marm Brewer should have minded his own business. No matter what, it wasn't
for some racist to write that on his car. That's enough.
Stop this.
Okay, Luce, I'm turning it on right now.
Simon, what are you doing? We're studying.
Is that Martin?
You took a stand so that your classmate could give a speech on Martin Luther
King. Was it worth it?
Um, I really didn't do anything.
Good old Martin.
Always doing things that no one would take credit for.
Well, some are saying that you're a hero and humble to boot.
Uh, for the last time, I'm not a hero. I'm not being modest. I didn't do
anything. That?
The baby's father?
That's the one.
Sounds like a pretty good guy to me, standing up for the brother man like
Simon, maybe you should get Martin to help Ruthie with her report on Sojourner
Truth. I know who Sojourner Truth is.
Unbelievable.
Why? Because I'm white?
What are we going to do about this mess down at the high school?
Mrs. Vink, could you turn down your TV?
Sorry, I was just watching the news, and we have to do something about it.
Yes, I completely agree with... What are the police doing about it?
Isn't that husband of yours a cop?
Let me speak to him. Kevin isn't a police officer anymore.
He stays home with Savannah.
Oh, that's right.
You're a reverend, and he...
Stays home and takes care of the kid, huh?
Yes, that works for us.
Yeah, well, you know, it's funny how things change and others don't.
Like this thing at the school.
See, I'm old enough to see how these things can go, honey.
You can't sit by and do nothing.
So what are you going to do?
What are we going to do?
What are we going to do?
What about pink?
No.
Peach? No, not really.
What color is this?
Banana mania.
What about banana mania?
I don't think so.
What are you guys doing? We want to know what color we are. Do you know?
Well, when people say color, they don't really mean...
What they mean, not that it should matter, because what matters is what's
inside, who you are.
But to answer your question, you're, we're white. I don't think so. We
checked that one.
Well, guys, it's a little more complicated than that.
Alex, this is my dad and my little brothers, Sam and David.
Eric Camden, nice to meet you. Nice to meet you too, sir.
Thanks for coming over. Please have a seat.
Guys, could you take your crayons upstairs because I need to talk to Alex.
It looks like things have spun a little out of control.
Yes, sir, they have.
That's why I asked Ruthie if maybe you could help.
Oh, sure. I'm more than happy to do whatever I can.
I'm just curious about this report.
Have a feeling I don't know all your reasons for wanting to speak about Dr.
King.
Hi, Reverend Cannon. Hey.
Thanks for coming, Martin.
I'm so glad you could make it.
Thank you. My wife thought we should accept your invitation.
Good morning, Reverend.
Mrs. Bink, it's so good to see you. I'm glad I'm here.
What color are you?
Oh, boys, leave Mrs. Bean. It's okay. What color? You want to know what color
am?
Well, that's a tough one.
Let me see. I guess when I'm sad, I'm blue. And when I'm mad, I'm red. And
when I'm jealous, I'm green with envy. And now that I'm at
my age, see, all anybody notices is that I'm turning gray.
Good morning.
Well, this week our community has been tested.
I know that many of you saw what happened at Kennedy High School on the
news, and you heard the echoes of hatred that we thought were long past.
I think part of what led to that event is that...
We haven't been listening to what's going on around us. So this morning, no
matter how you may feel, I'm asking that everyone listen.
Alex, would you come up here, please?
This is Alex. He goes to school with my daughter, Ruthie.
Alex was...
assigned a report on a great American, and he chose the Reverend Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. And it seems that his choice may be at the center of
all this controversy.
I think it's very important that he get a chance to explain why
he made his decision.
Please listen.
Thank you, Reverend Camden.
I know a lot of you may be thinking, didn't Martin Luther King Day already
And who hasn't already heard clips from the I Have a Dream speech this year?
But I know there's more to the dream than black and white.
I know that the dream still lives every day.
I know that because that's what my grandfather, Henry Bullock, taught me.
My grandfather was a sanitation worker in Memphis.
In 1968, he went on strike with over a thousand of his co -workers.
It was hard for them.
On April 3rd, 1968, my grandfather sat in a crowded Mason Temple and listened
Dr. King, who had come to support the sanitation workers.
Dr. King did his, I've been to the mountaintop speech.
My grandfather said that they were all inspired, not only by the words of Dr.
King, but by the fact that a man like Dr. King would come and take the time to
care about the suffering of a bunch of garbage men.
The next day, a sniper's bullet took Dr. King from us.
I lived with my grandfather in New Orleans.
This summer, Hurricane Katrina took my grandfather from me.
The victims of Hurricane Katrina may have fallen from the headlines, but I
never forget their suffering.
It is my job now to keep the dream alive.
That's all I was trying to do.
Alex, I'm really sorry about your grandfather.
I lost my grandfather, too.
I'm sorry.
You must miss him.
Yeah.
I miss my grandfather, too.
Your grandfather sounds like quite a man.
I'm sure he would be very proud of you. I don't think he'd be so proud of the
way I behaved in the parking lot.
Fighting's no way to make a point about a man who stood for nonviolence.
I... I never had anything against Martin Luther King.
It's just that I had already done my report.
On George Washington.
George Washington?
Again?
Okay, Alex?
Yeah.
Martin, I want you to know, I didn't do it.
I didn't do that to your car.
Good. But somebody did.
That means we all have a lot of work to do every day.
Where do we start?
I'm going to start by washing my car.
Good idea.
Yeah, but I have an even better idea.
I told you this would be a great fundraiser.
My report is not a sojourner truth.
Who was born a slave and became an American abolitionist and a prominent
in the women's rights movement.
Benjamin Banneker.
In 1791, Benjamin Banneker was hired to survey the District of Columbia.
A year later, he published his first almanac for Maryland, Delaware,
Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Louis Latimer had the bright idea to improve the production of lightbulb
It's creating longer -lasting lightbulbs than Thomas Edison.
Before Rosa Parks, there was Ida B. Wells, a journalist and pioneer in the
-segregationist movement.
Thurgood Marshall. Before becoming the first African -American Supreme Court
Justice,
argued the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954.
Frederick Douglass, an American abolitionist, was one of the most
lecturers and authors in all of American history.
Captured and sold in her native Senegal, Phyllis Wheatley would become the first
prominent African American author.
My report is on George Washington Carver.
He was a great American.
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