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" When I was confronted with just the bare facts of poverty and inequality in America, it always disturbed and confused me. "

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" In February 1932, the 'Times' published an account of community resistance to the eviction of three families in the Bronx, observing, 'Probably because of the cold, the crowd numbered only 1,000.' "

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