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Out of abysses of Illiteracy,
Through labyrinths of Lies,
Across wastelands of Disease . . .
We advance!
Out of dead-ends of Poverty,
Through wilderness of Superstition,
Across barricades of Jim Crowism . . .
We advance!
Source: Dark Symphony, Rendezvous with Death, 1944.
-- Melvin Tolson, (Feb 6 1900-1966), US poet, educator; He is best known for his volume Harlem Gallery and his Washington Tribune column, Caviar and Cabbage, 1937-1944.