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So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter.

So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter.

Approximate author period: c. 1925 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Zora Neale Hurston
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1925 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1891 to 1960; Wikidata Q220480, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220480 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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