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The Grift

The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump

by Clay Cane ...

Narrated by Clay Cane ...

Unabridged

10 hours 14 min

GRIFTER [grif-ter] nouna con or scam artist, a hustler or a sell-outAfter the Civil War, the pillars of Black Republicanism were a balanced critique of both political parties, civil rights for all Americans, reinventing an economy based on exploitation, and, most importantly, building thriving Black communities. How did Black Republicanism devolve from revolutionaries like Frederick Douglass to ... Read more

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GRIFTER [grif-ter] nouna con or scam artist, a hustler or a sell-outAfter the Civil War, the pillars of Black Republicanism were a balanced critique of both political parties, civil rights for all Americans, reinventing an economy based on exploitation, and, most importantly, building thriving Black communities. How did Black Republicanism devolve from revolutionaries like Frederick Douglass to
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Parting the Waters

America in the King Years 1954-63

by Taylor Branch ...

Narrated by Prentice Onayemi, Janina Edwards ...

Unabridged

6 hours 39 min

In Parting the Waters, the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a “compelling…masterfully told” (The Wall Street Journal) account of Martin Luther King’s early years and rise to greatness.Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations ... Read more

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In Parting the Waters, the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a “compelling…masterfully told” (The Wall Street Journal) account of Martin Luther King’s early years and rise to greatness.Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations
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Spell Freedom

The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement

by Elaine Weiss ...

Narrated by Robin Miles ...

Unabridged

15 hours 29 min

The acclaimed author of the “stirring, definitive, and engrossing” (NPR) The Woman’s Hour returns with the story of four activists whose audacious plan to restore voting rights to Black Americans laid the groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement.In the summer of 1954, educator Septima Clark and small businessman Esau Jenkins travelled to rural Tennessee’s Highlander Folk School, an interracial ... Read more

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The acclaimed author of the “stirring, definitive, and engrossing” (NPR) The Woman’s Hour returns with the story of four activists whose audacious plan to restore voting rights to Black Americans laid the groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement.In the summer of 1954, educator Septima Clark and small businessman Esau Jenkins travelled to rural Tennessee’s Highlander Folk School, an interracial
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How to Be an Antiracist

by Ibram X. Kendi ...

Narrated by Ibram X. Kendi ...

Unabridged

10 hours 29 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the National Book Award–winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a “groundbreaking” (Time) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society and in ourselves—now updated, with a new preface.“The most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind.”—The New York TimesONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—Th... ... Read more

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the National Book Award–winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a “groundbreaking” (Time) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society and in ourselves—now updated, with a new preface.“The most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind.”—The New York TimesONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—Th...
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Tip of the Spear

Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt

by Orisanmi Burton ...

Narrated by Leon Nixon ...

Unabridged

12 hours 29 min

Tip of the Spear boldly and compellingly argues that prisons are a domain of hidden warfare within US borders. With this book, Orisanmi Burton explores what he terms the Long Attica Revolt, a criminalized tradition of Black radicalism that propelled rebellions in New York prisons during the 1970s. The reaction to this revolt illuminates what Burton calls prison pacification: the coordinated ... Read more

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Tip of the Spear boldly and compellingly argues that prisons are a domain of hidden warfare within US borders. With this book, Orisanmi Burton explores what he terms the Long Attica Revolt, a criminalized tradition of Black radicalism that propelled rebellions in New York prisons during the 1970s. The reaction to this revolt illuminates what Burton calls prison pacification: the coordinated
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Civil Resistance

What Everyone Needs to Know

by Erica Chenoweth ...

Narrated by Erica Chenoweth ...

Unabridged

10 hours 45 min

Civil resistance is a method of conflict through which unarmed civilians use a variety of coordinated methods (strikes, protests, demonstrations, boycotts, and many other tactics) to prosecute a conflict without directly harming or threatening to harm an opponent. Sometimes called nonviolent resistance, unarmed struggle, or nonviolent action, this form of political action is now a mainstay across ... Read more

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Civil resistance is a method of conflict through which unarmed civilians use a variety of coordinated methods (strikes, protests, demonstrations, boycotts, and many other tactics) to prosecute a conflict without directly harming or threatening to harm an opponent. Sometimes called nonviolent resistance, unarmed struggle, or nonviolent action, this form of political action is now a mainstay across
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Why We Can't Wait

by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ...

Narrated by JD Jackson ...

Unabridged

6 hours 5 min

Dr. King’s best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963On April 16, 1963, as the violent events of the Birmingham campaign unfolded in the city’s streets, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., composed a letter from his prison cell in response to local religious leaders’ criticism of the campaign. The resulting piece of extraordinary protest writing, ... Read more

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Dr. King’s best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963On April 16, 1963, as the violent events of the Birmingham campaign unfolded in the city’s streets, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., composed a letter from his prison cell in response to local religious leaders’ criticism of the campaign. The resulting piece of extraordinary protest writing,
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Blood Done Sign My Name

A True Story

by Timothy B. Tyson ...

Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

Unabridged

11 hours 57 min

The “riveting”* true story of the fiery summer of 1970, which would forever transform the town of Oxford, North Carolina—a classic portrait of the fight for civil rights in the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird*Chicago TribuneOn May 11, 1970, Henry Marrow, a twenty-three-year-old black veteran, walked into a crossroads store owned by Robert Teel and came out running. Teel and two of his sons ... Read more

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The “riveting”* true story of the fiery summer of 1970, which would forever transform the town of Oxford, North Carolina—a classic portrait of the fight for civil rights in the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird*Chicago TribuneOn May 11, 1970, Henry Marrow, a twenty-three-year-old black veteran, walked into a crossroads store owned by Robert Teel and came out running. Teel and two of his sons
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So You Want to Talk about Race

by Ijeoma Oluo ...

Narrated by Bahni Turpin ...

Unabridged

7 hours 42 min

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a revelatory examination of race in AmericaA current, constructive, and actionable exploration of today’s racial landscape, offering straightforward clarity that readers of all races need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divideIn So You Want to Talk about Race, editor-at-large of the Establishment Ijeoma Oluo offers a ... Read more

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In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a revelatory examination of race in AmericaA current, constructive, and actionable exploration of today’s racial landscape, offering straightforward clarity that readers of all races need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divideIn So You Want to Talk about Race, editor-at-large of the Establishment Ijeoma Oluo offers a
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We Do This ‘Til We Free Us

Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

by Mariame Kaba ...

Narrated by Diana Blue ...

Unabridged

9 hours 25 min

"Organizing is both science and art. It is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring out who your targets are, always being concerned about power, always being concerned about how you're going to actually build power in order to be able to push your issues, in order to be able to get the target to actually move in the way that you want to."What if social transformation and ... Read more

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"Organizing is both science and art. It is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring out who your targets are, always being concerned about power, always being concerned about how you're going to actually build power in order to be able to push your issues, in order to be able to get the target to actually move in the way that you want to."What if social transformation and
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A More Beautiful and Terrible History

The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History

by Jeanne Theoharis ...

Narrated by Kim Staunton ...

Unabridged

11 hours 18 min

Praised by The New York Times; O, The Oprah Magazine; Bitch Magazine; Slate; Publishers Weekly; and more, this is “a bracing corrective to a national mythology” (New York Times) around the civil rights movement.The civil rights movement has become national legend, lauded by presidents from Reagan to Obama to Trump, as proof of the power of American democracy. This fable, featuring dreamy heroes ... Read more

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Praised by The New York Times; O, The Oprah Magazine; Bitch Magazine; Slate; Publishers Weekly; and more, this is “a bracing corrective to a national mythology” (New York Times) around the civil rights movement.The civil rights movement has become national legend, lauded by presidents from Reagan to Obama to Trump, as proof of the power of American democracy. This fable, featuring dreamy heroes
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Elite Capture

How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (and Everything Else)

by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò ...

Narrated by Jaime Lincoln Smth ...

Unabridged

3 hours 17 min

A powerful indictment of the ways elites have co-opted radical critiques of racial capitalism to serve their own ends“Identity politics” is everywhere, polarizing discourse from the campaign trail to the classroom. But the “identity politics” so compulsively referenced bears little resemblance to the concept as first introduced by the radical Black feminist Combahee River Collective. While the ... Read more

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A powerful indictment of the ways elites have co-opted radical critiques of racial capitalism to serve their own ends“Identity politics” is everywhere, polarizing discourse from the campaign trail to the classroom. But the “identity politics” so compulsively referenced bears little resemblance to the concept as first introduced by the radical Black feminist Combahee River Collective. While the
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The Skin We're In

A Year of Black Resistance and Power

by Desmond Cole ...

Narrated by Desmond Cole ...

Unabridged

8 hours 14 min

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2020 TORONTO BOOK AWARDA bracing, provocative, and perspective-shifting book from one of Canada's most celebrated and uncompromising writers, Desmond Cole. The Skin We're In will spark a national conversation, influence policy, and inspire activists.**In his 2015 cover story for Toronto Life magazine, Desmond Cole exposed the racist actions of the Toronto police ... Read more

$24.99 USD

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2020 TORONTO BOOK AWARDA bracing, provocative, and perspective-shifting book from one of Canada's most celebrated and uncompromising writers, Desmond Cole. The Skin We're In will spark a national conversation, influence policy, and inspire activists.**In his 2015 cover story for Toronto Life magazine, Desmond Cole exposed the racist actions of the Toronto police
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The Trial of the Chicago 7: The Official Transcript

Narrated by J. K. Simmons, Jeff Daniels, Chris Jackson, John Hawkes, Chris Chalk, Luke Kirby, Corey Stoll, Norbert Leo Butz, George Newbern, full cast ...

Unabridged

10 hours 8 min

Republished fifty years later to coincide with the release of the Academy Award–nominated film of the same title written and directed by Aaron Sorkin with an all-star cast, this is the classic account of perhaps the most infamous, and definitely the most entertaining, trial in recent American history.In the fall of 1969 eight prominent anti-Vietnam War activists were put on trial for conspiring to ... Read more

$25.99 USD

Republished fifty years later to coincide with the release of the Academy Award–nominated film of the same title written and directed by Aaron Sorkin with an all-star cast, this is the classic account of perhaps the most infamous, and definitely the most entertaining, trial in recent American history.In the fall of 1969 eight prominent anti-Vietnam War activists were put on trial for conspiring to
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We Will Shoot Back

Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement

by Akinyele Omowale Umoja ...

Narrated by David Sadzin ...

Unabridged

31 min

A bold and exciting historical narrative of the armed resistance of Black soldiers of the Mississippi Freedom MovementIn We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement, Akinyele Omowale Umoja argues that armed resistance was critical to the Southern freedom struggle and the dismantling of segregation and Black disenfranchisement. Intimidation and fear were central to the ... Read more

$24.99 USD

A bold and exciting historical narrative of the armed resistance of Black soldiers of the Mississippi Freedom MovementIn We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement, Akinyele Omowale Umoja argues that armed resistance was critical to the Southern freedom struggle and the dismantling of segregation and Black disenfranchisement. Intimidation and fear were central to the
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The Spirit of Justice

True Stories of Faith, Race, and Resistance

by Jemar Tisby ...

Narrated by Jemar Tisby ...

Unabridged

9 hours 57 min

Read by the author.The Black History You Never Knew: Uncovering Unsung Heroes in the Struggle for Racial Justice.The Spirit of Justice reveals the stories of the people who fought against racism and agitated for justice—and what we can learn from their example, their suffering, their methods, and their hope.How is it that people still work for change after continuously seeing the worst of humanity ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Read by the author.The Black History You Never Knew: Uncovering Unsung Heroes in the Struggle for Racial Justice.The Spirit of Justice reveals the stories of the people who fought against racism and agitated for justice—and what we can learn from their example, their suffering, their methods, and their hope.How is it that people still work for change after continuously seeing the worst of humanity
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His Name Is George Floyd (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice

by Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa ...

Narrated by Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa, Dion Graham ...

Unabridged

13 hours 32 min

WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE IN NONFICTIONWINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE; FINALIST FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS PRIZE; A BCALA 2023 HONOR NONFICTION AWARD WINNER.A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy—from his family’s ... Read more

$22.99 USD

WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE IN NONFICTIONWINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE; FINALIST FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS PRIZE; A BCALA 2023 HONOR NONFICTION AWARD WINNER.A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy—from his family’s
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Unspeakable: Chris Hedges on the most Forbidden Topics in America

by Chris Hedges, David Talbot ...

Narrated by Chris Hedges, Michael Quinlan ...

Unabridged

4 hours

Chris Hedges on the most taboo topics in America, with David Talbot. Chris Hedges has been telling truth to (and against) power since his earliest days as a radical journalist. He is an intellectual bomb thrower, who continues to confront American empire in the most incisive, challenging ways. The kinds of insights he provides into the deeply troubled state of our democracy cannot be found ... Read more

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Chris Hedges on the most taboo topics in America, with David Talbot. Chris Hedges has been telling truth to (and against) power since his earliest days as a radical journalist. He is an intellectual bomb thrower, who continues to confront American empire in the most incisive, challenging ways. The kinds of insights he provides into the deeply troubled state of our democracy cannot be found
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A Dying Colonialism

by Frantz Fanon, Chelsea Depuey ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

Unabridged

7 hours 11 min

Frantz Fanon’s seminal work on anticolonialism and the fifth year of the Algerian RevolutionPsychiatrist, humanist, revolutionary, Frantz Fanon was one of the great political analysts of our time, the author of such seminal works of modern revolutionary theory as The Wretched of the Earth and Black Skin, White Masks. He has had a profound impact on civil rights, anticolonialism, and black ... Read more

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Frantz Fanon’s seminal work on anticolonialism and the fifth year of the Algerian RevolutionPsychiatrist, humanist, revolutionary, Frantz Fanon was one of the great political analysts of our time, the author of such seminal works of modern revolutionary theory as The Wretched of the Earth and Black Skin, White Masks. He has had a profound impact on civil rights, anticolonialism, and black
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Dynamite Nashville

Unmasking the FBI, the KKK, and the Bombers beyond their Control

by Betsy T. Phillips ...

Narrated by Hannah Cabell ...

Unabridged

7 hours 47 min

New evidence in Dynamite Nashville uncovers the origin of an organized group of racist terrorists committing nationwide acts of violence against integration efforts in the late 1950's and early 1960s. Award winning historian Betsy Phillips not only paints a detailed picture of the social dynamic of the times, but details how a violent fringe of racists came to national prominence. In Dynamite ... Read more

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New evidence in Dynamite Nashville uncovers the origin of an organized group of racist terrorists committing nationwide acts of violence against integration efforts in the late 1950's and early 1960s. Award winning historian Betsy Phillips not only paints a detailed picture of the social dynamic of the times, but details how a violent fringe of racists came to national prominence. In Dynamite
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God and Race

A Guide for Moving Beyond Black Fists and White Knuckles

by John Siebeling, Wayne Francis ...

Narrated by Zeno Robinson, Kiff VandenHeuvel ...

Unabridged

8 hours 6 min

A White pastor and a Black pastor, close friends who have each built racially diverse congregations, offer a model Christians can follow to open necessary conversations about race, encourage unity, and foster mutual respect to heal a wounded nation riven by racial tension and political tribalism.For years, Pastors John Siebeling and Wayne Francis have led thriving congregations that are the ... Read more

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A White pastor and a Black pastor, close friends who have each built racially diverse congregations, offer a model Christians can follow to open necessary conversations about race, encourage unity, and foster mutual respect to heal a wounded nation riven by racial tension and political tribalism.For years, Pastors John Siebeling and Wayne Francis have led thriving congregations that are the
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When We Rise

My Life in the Movement

by Cleve Jones ...

Narrated by Cleve Jones ...

Unabridged

9 hours 31 min

This sweeping memoir tells the life story of longtime LGBTQ and AIDS activist Cleve Jones in a profoundly moving account from sexually liberated 1970s San Francisco, through the AIDS crisis, and up to his involvement with the marriage equality battle.Born in 1954, Cleve Jones was among the last generation of gay Americans who grew up wondering if there were others out there like himself. There ... Read more

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This sweeping memoir tells the life story of longtime LGBTQ and AIDS activist Cleve Jones in a profoundly moving account from sexually liberated 1970s San Francisco, through the AIDS crisis, and up to his involvement with the marriage equality battle.Born in 1954, Cleve Jones was among the last generation of gay Americans who grew up wondering if there were others out there like himself. There
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Make it Happen: How to be an Activist

by Amika George ...

Narrated by Amika George ...

Unabridged

6 hours 29 min

‘Make It Happen reminds us that people of any age can create change in their communities. From finding allies to setting goals, everyone who wants to contribute to a better future can learn from Amika's book.’ Malala YousafzaiNow, more than ever, we know that the world needs to change.And you can be the one to make it happen.As a teenager, Amika George successfully launched a campaign that pushed ... Read more

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‘Make It Happen reminds us that people of any age can create change in their communities. From finding allies to setting goals, everyone who wants to contribute to a better future can learn from Amika's book.’ Malala YousafzaiNow, more than ever, we know that the world needs to change.And you can be the one to make it happen.As a teenager, Amika George successfully launched a campaign that pushed
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King: A Life (Young Adult Edition)

by Jonathan Eig ...

Narrated by Dion Graham ...

Unabridged

4 hours 24 min

**"Dion Graham superbly narrates this riveting audiobook, emulating the majestic cadence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, speeches... The result is a monumental biography performed exquisitely by a Golden Voice narrator." —AudioFile on King: A Life (an Earphones Award wInner)"This gripping biography of a revolutionary leader flies by. Listeners interested in a new perspective of Martin Luther ... Read more

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**"Dion Graham superbly narrates this riveting audiobook, emulating the majestic cadence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, speeches... The result is a monumental biography performed exquisitely by a Golden Voice narrator." —AudioFile on King: A Life (an Earphones Award wInner)"This gripping biography of a revolutionary leader flies by. Listeners interested in a new perspective of Martin Luther
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