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Personal Narrative: Our Community Malcolm X

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Joshua: Our community Malcolm X festival was a yearly event at Frederick Douglass Park. Just blacks from our house every group, company, church, school, rich person, poor person and everybody who wanted to come, gathered together for a day to celebrate, being a community. I first I thought it was just a day to eat and have fun, until I started learning more about the history of our people. Sarah (mother): Good morning! We saved ya’ll a place at our table, put your basket over here, and that pretty blanket beside me. Hello, Joshua, give me a hug. Patricia: Thank you, Sarah. Don’t mess with my blanket. (Smile) we was running a little behind. My prince wanted more bedtime this mornin’ plus I had to put our basket together, didn’t have time

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