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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
James Baldwin
Born: August 2, 1924
Died: December 1, 1987 (aged 63)
Bio: James Arthur Baldwin was an African American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic.
Known for:
- Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953)
- The Fire Next Time (1963)
- Giovanni's Room (1956)
- Notes of a Native Son (1955)
- Another Country (1962)
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