African American Library
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Slavery and the African American Story
- Race to the Truth
- By: Patricia Williams Dockery
- Narrated by: Carmen Jewel Jones
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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From the moment Africans were first brought to the shores of the United States, they had a hand in shaping the country. Their labor created a strong economy, built our halls of government, and defined American society in profound ways. And though the Emancipation Proclamation wasn't signed until 300 years after the first Africans arrived, the fight for freedom started the moment they set foot on American soil.
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Slavery and the African American Story
- Race to the Truth
- Narrated by: Carmen Jewel Jones
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 12-09-2023
- Language: English
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Until now, you've only heard one side of the story: how slavery began, and how America split itself in two to end it. Here's the true story of America from the African American perspective....
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Abolition and the African American Story
- Race to the Truth
- By: Patricia Williams Dockery
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Until now, you've only heard one side of the story: how Abraham Lincoln defeated the Confederacy to end slavery, but the truth involves a vast network of abolitionists who would keep fighting for freedom long after the end of the war. Here's the true story of the Civil War and Reconstruction, from the African American perspective.
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Abolition and the African American Story
- Race to the Truth
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 09-12-2025
- Language: English
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Until now, you've only heard one side of the story: how Abraham Lincoln defeated the Confederacy to end slavery, but the truth involves a vast network of abolitionists who would keep fighting for freedom long after the end of the war.
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
- By: Mildred D. Taylor
- Narrated by: Lynne Thigpen, Jacqueline Woodson
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice. And it is also Cassie's story - Cassie Logan, an independent girl who discovers over the course of an important year why having land of their own is so crucial to the Logan family, even as she learns to draw strength from her own sense of dignity and self-respect.
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All time favourite book!
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
- Narrated by: Lynne Thigpen, Jacqueline Woodson
- Series: Logan Family Saga, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 26-12-2004
- Language: English
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Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice....
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The Land
- By: Mildred D. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
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Ever since running away at the age of fourteen, Paul-Edward, the son of a white landowner and a black slave, has had one dream: to own land every bit as good as his daddy's. While growing up, Paul-Edward loved, and feared, his father, but he loved the land unconditionally. Then, after a rash act of youthful rebellion, he leaves his family behind and vows to succeed on his own. However, for anyone black coming of age in 1880's Mississippi, this is no simple goal.
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The Land
- Narrated by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
- Series: Logan Family Saga, Book 9
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 17-10-2003
- Language: English
- Ever since running away at the age of fourteen, Paul-Edward, the son of a white landowner and a black slave, has had one dream...
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The Taking of Jake Livingston
- By: Ryan Douglass
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free, Michael Crouch
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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Sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston sees dead people everywhere. But he can't decide what's worse: being a medium forced to watch the dead play out their last moments on a loop or being at the mercy of racist teachers as one of the few Black students at St. Clair Prep. Both are a living nightmare he wishes he could wake up from. But things at St. Clair start looking up with the arrival of another Black student - the handsome Allister - and for the first time, romance is on the horizon for Jake. Unfortunately, life as a medium is getting worse.
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The Taking of Jake Livingston
- Narrated by: Kevin R. Free, Michael Crouch
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 13-07-2021
- Language: English
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Get Out meets Holly Jackson in this YA social thriller where survival is not a guarantee....
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Saving American Beach
- The Biography of African American Environmentalist MaVynee Betsch
- By: Heidi Tyline King
- Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman
- Length: 13 mins
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MaVynee loved going to the beach. But in the days of Jim Crow, she couldn't just go to any beach - most of the beaches in Jacksonville were for Whites only. Knowing something must be done, her grandfather bought a beach that African American families could enjoy without being reminded they were second-class citizens; he called it American Beach. Artists like Zora Neale Hurston and Ray Charles vacationed on its sunny shores. It's here that MaVynee was first inspired to sing, propelling her to later become a widely acclaimed opera singer who routinely performed on an international stage.
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Saving American Beach
- The Biography of African American Environmentalist MaVynee Betsch
- Narrated by: Lynnette R. Freeman
- Length: 13 mins
- Release date: 14-12-2021
- Language: English
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MaVynee loved going to the beach. But in the days of Jim Crow, she couldn't just go to any beach - most of the beaches in Jacksonville were for Whites only. Knowing something must be done, her grandfather bought a beach that African American families could enjoy....
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Untraceable
- The Factory, Book 2
- By: Aya de Leon
- Narrated by: Khaya Fraites
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
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Fifteen-year-old Amani Kendall’s biggest problem is being the only plus-size Black girl at a white private school—until her house burns down and her family is unexpectedly on the run. Suddenly, she’s reeling from the news that her formerly boring mom is being pursued by an ex-boyfriend turned stalker, and her scientist dad has gone MIA. At the same time, she has to navigate an underfunded school in the city, suffering the cultural whiplash of being surrounded by other Black students, including the cute boy who’s an old family friend.
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Untraceable
- The Factory, Book 2
- Narrated by: Khaya Fraites
- Series: The Factory, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 10-10-2023
- Language: English
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With gripping results, this companion novel to Undercover Latina returns to the high-stakes world of the Factory—an international organization of spies protecting people of color....
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Her Good Side
- By: Rebekah Weatherspoon
- Narrated by: Marcella Cox, Daniel K. Isaac
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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Sixteen-year-old Bethany Greene, though confident and self-assured, is what they call a late-bloomer. She’s never had a boyfriend, date, or first kiss. She’s determined to change that but after her crush turns her down cold for Homecoming—declaring her too inexperienced—and all her back-up ideas fall through, she cautiously agrees to go with her best friend’s boyfriend Jacob. A platonic date is better than no date, right? Until Saylor breaks up with said boyfriend.
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Her Good Side
- Narrated by: Marcella Cox, Daniel K. Isaac
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 30-05-2023
- Language: English
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Two awkward teens decide to practice dating in order to be good at the real thing....
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A Fool's Errand
- Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump
- By: Lonnie G. Bunch III
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
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In its first four months of operation, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture surpassed one million visits and quickly became a cherished, vital monument to the African American experience. And yet this accomplishment was never assured. In A Fool's Errand, founding director Lonnie Bunch tells his story of bringing his clear vision and leadership to realize this shared dream of many generations of Americans.
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A Fool's Errand
- Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump
- Narrated by: JD Jackson
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 28-01-2020
- Language: English
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In its first four months of operation, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture surpassed one million visits and quickly became a cherished, vital monument to the African American experience. And yet this accomplishment was never assured....
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Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
- By: Bonnie Bader
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery bus boycott and was soon organizing black people across the country in support of the right to vote, desegregation, and other basic civil rights. Maintaining nonviolent and peaceful tactics even when his life was threatened, King was also an advocate for the poor and spoke out against racial and economic injustice until his death - from an assassin's bullet - in 1968.
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Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Release date: 29-01-2019
- Language: English
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was only 25 when he helped organize the Montgomery bus boycott and was soon organizing black people across the country in support of the right to vote, desegregation, and other basic civil rights....
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Magic in the Melanin
- A Black Fantasy Anthology
- By: Melanin Library, C.M. Lockhart, Celeste Harte, and others
- Narrated by: Ruthie Bowles
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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In this anthology, everybody is Black. Filled with epic battles, complicated families, soft kisses, and sharpened blades, Magic in the Melanin is an adult fantasy anthology that showcases Black authors who write magical stories of all kinds.
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Magic in the Melanin
- A Black Fantasy Anthology
- Narrated by: Ruthie Bowles
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 06-03-2025
- Language: English
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Filled with epic battles, complicated families, soft kisses, and sharpened blades, Magic in the Melanin is an adult fantasy anthology that showcases Black authors who write magical stories of all kinds.
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She Persisted: Simone Biles
- She Persisted
- By: Kekla Magoon, Chelsea Clinton - introduction
- Narrated by: Nekia Renee Martin, Chelsea Clinton
- Length: 41 mins
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Simone Biles was raised by her grandparents and had to overcome many hardships as a child. After trying gymnastics for the first time on a field trip from elementary school, Simone continued with the sport, working hard and reaching professional levels. She persisted in the field and went on to become the most decorated US gymnast of all time. Through it all, she inspired kids everywhere to follow their dreams.
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She Persisted: Simone Biles
- She Persisted
- Narrated by: Nekia Renee Martin, Chelsea Clinton
- Length: 41 mins
- Release date: 17-10-2023
- Language: English
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In this chapter book biography by NAACP Image Award-winning author and Coretta Scott King Honor recipient Kekla Magoon, listeners learn about the amazing life of Simone Biles—and how she persisted.
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True True
- By: Don P. Hooper
- Narrated by: Christopher Ian Grant
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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This is not how seventeen-year-old Gil imagined beginning his senior year—on the subway dressed in a tie and khakis headed towards Manhattan instead of his old public school in Brooklyn. Augustin Prep may only be a borough away, but the exclusive private school feels like it's a different world entirely compared to Gil's predominately Caribbean neighborhood in Brooklyn. If it weren't for the partial scholarship, the school's robotic program and the chance for a better future, Gil wouldn't have even considered going.
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True True
- Narrated by: Christopher Ian Grant
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 01-08-2023
- Language: English
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In this powerful and fast-paced YA contemporary debut, a Black teen from Brooklyn struggles to fit in at his almost entirely-white Manhattan prep school, resulting in a fight and a plan for vengeance.
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Invisible Son
- By: Kim Johnson
- Narrated by: Guy Lockard, Kim Johnson
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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Andre Jackson is determined to reclaim his identity. But returning from juvie doesn’t feel like coming home. His Portland, Oregon, neighborhood is rapidly gentrifying, and COVID-19 shuts down school before he can return. And Andre’s suspicions about his arrest for a crime he didn’t commit even taint his friendships. It’s as if his whole life has been erased. The one thing Andre is counting on is his relationship with the Whitaker kids—especially his longtime crush, Sierra.
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Invisible Son
- Narrated by: Guy Lockard, Kim Johnson
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 27-06-2023
- Language: English
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From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller about a wrongly accused teen desperate to recclaim both his innocence and his first love....
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The Reckoning
- By: Wade Hudson
- Narrated by: Guy Lockard
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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Lamar can’t wait to start his filmmaking career like his idol Spike Lee. And leave behind his small town of Morton, Louisiana. But for now, Lamar has to learn how to be a filmmaker while getting to know his grandfather. When Gramps talks about his activism and Black history, Lamar doesn’t think much about it. Times have changed since the old Civil Rights days! Right? He has a white friend named Jeff who wants to be a filmmaker, too, even though Jeff’s parents never let him go to Lamar’s Black neighborhood. But there’s been progress in town. Right?
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The Reckoning
- Narrated by: Guy Lockard
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 02-01-2024
- Language: English
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An aspiring 12-year-old filmmaker's world is turned upside down when his grandfather is slain in a senseless and racist act of violence....
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Honest June: The Show Must Go On
- Honest June, Book 2
- By: Tina Wells
- Narrated by: Tyla Collier
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
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June can't tell a lie - and that made for a lot of drama even before she joined her school musical! An enchanting middle grade series that listeners won't want to miss. Honestly. June has a hard time telling the truth when it isn't what people want to hear. But she's trying to be honest with herself, and auditioning for the school musical is what she really wants -- even if her parents have other ideas.
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Honest June: The Show Must Go On
- Honest June, Book 2
- Narrated by: Tyla Collier
- Series: Honest June, Book 2
- Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 30-08-2022
- Language: English
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June has a hard time telling the truth when it isn't what people want to hear. But she's trying to be honest with herself, and auditioning for the school musical is what she really wants -- even if her parents have other ideas....
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Dream Country
- By: Shannon Gibney
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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The heartbreaking story of five generations of young people from a single African-and-American family pursuing an elusive dream of freedom. Dream Country begins in suburban Minneapolis at the moment when 17-year-old Kollie Flomo begins to crack under the strain of his life as a Liberian refugee. Then listeners travel back to Liberia and back in time, to the early 20th century and the point of view of Togar Somah, an 18-year-old indigenous Liberian on the run from government militias, and to America in 1827....
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Dream Country
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 11-09-2018
- Language: English
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The heartbreaking story of five generations of young people from a single African-and-American family pursuing an elusive dream of freedom....
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Don't Fail Me Now
- By: Una LaMarche
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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What if the last hope to save your family is the person who broke it up to begin with? Michelle and her little siblings Cass and Denny are African-American and living on the poverty line in urban Baltimore, struggling to keep it together with their mom in jail and only Michelle’s part-time job at the Taco Bell to sustain them. Leah and her stepbrother Tim are White and middle class from suburban Maryland, with few worries beyond winning lacrosse games and getting college applications in on time.
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Don't Fail Me Now
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 01-09-2015
- Language: English
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What if the last hope to save your family is the person who broke it up to begin with? Michelle and her little siblings Cass and Denny are African-American and living on the poverty line in urban Baltimore, struggling to keep it together with their mom in jail....
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Tight
- By: Torrey Maldonado
- Narrated by: Torrey Maldonado
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
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Bryan knows what's tight for him--reading comics, drawing superheroes, and hanging out with no drama. But drama is every day where he's from, and that gets him tight, wound up. And now Bryan's friend Mike pressures him with ideas of fun that are crazy risky. At first, it's a rush following Mike, hopping turnstiles, subway surfing, and getting into all kinds of trouble. But Bryan never really feels right acting so wrong, and drama really isn't him. So which way will he go, especially when his dad tells him it's better to be hard and feared than liked?
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Tight
- Narrated by: Torrey Maldonado
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 04-09-2018
- Language: English
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Bryan knows what's tight for him--reading comics, drawing superheroes, and hanging out with no drama. But drama is every day where he's from, and that gets him tight, wound up. And now Bryan's friend Mike pressures him with ideas of fun that are crazy risky.
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Mississippi Trial, 1955
- By: Chris Crowe
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
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At first, Hiram is excited to visit his hometown in Mississippi. But soon after he arrives, he crosses paths with Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago who is also visiting for the summer. Hiram sees firsthand how the local whites mistreat blacks who refuse to "know their place". When Emmett's tortured dead body is found floating in a river, Hiram is determined to find out who could do such a thing. But what will it cost him to know?
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Mississippi Trial, 1955
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 08-01-2019
- Language: English
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At first, Hiram is excited to visit his hometown in Mississippi. But soon after he arrives, he crosses paths with Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago who is also visiting for the summer. Hiram sees firsthand how the local whites mistreat blacks who refuse to "know their place"....
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