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The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.

Source: Many Thousands Gone, in Partisan Review (New Brunswick, N.J., Nov --Dec. 1951;
-- James Baldwin, (Aug 2 1924-1987), US novelist, essayist; He was a noted spokesman for American blacks in 1950s-60s.

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