{"id":994,"date":"2020-12-11T14:49:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T14:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-africanamericanlit\/?post_type=chapter&p=994"},"modified":"2021-06-24T18:33:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T18:33:49","slug":"angelina-weld-grimke-the-black-finger","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-africanamericanlit\/chapter\/angelina-weld-grimke-the-black-finger\/","title":{"raw":"Angelina Weld Grimk\u00e9, The Black Finger","rendered":"Angelina Weld Grimk\u00e9, The Black Finger"},"content":{"raw":"
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\r\n\r\nI have just seen a most beautiful thing\r\nSlim and still\r\nAgainst a gold, gold sky,\r\nA straight black cypress,\r\nSensitive,\r\nExquisite,\r\nA black finger\r\nPointing upwards.\r\nWhy, beautiful still finger, are you black?\r\nAnd why are you pointing upwards?\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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I have just seen a most beautiful thing
\nSlim and still
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\nA black finger
\nPointing upwards.
\nWhy, beautiful still finger, are you black?
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