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Conclusion

 

She became the Matriarch of a community larger than Allensworth itself. She would become the matriarch of a community of people who are not a member of a specific tribe or nation, but instead to a network of intellectual activists who believe in the power of human imagination and ingenuity. She embraced her love for the African American community, and used it to prove to others that they could do anything that they wanted to do, as long as they put their mind to it.

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