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Then Darkness Fled
The Liberating Wisdom of Booker T. Washington
by Stephen Mansfield
ISBN: 1581820534
ISBN-13: 9781581820539
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Cumberland House
Published date: 1999
Size: 4.75 x 6.75 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
Pages: 283
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