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You Gits a Little Uppity and You Lands in Jail
That's the way the system works and that’s why Dick Gregory is out to change it
August
1
1967
Robert Lipsyte
You Gits a Little Uppity and You Lands in Jail
Robert Lipsyte
August
1
1967
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POLITICS
You Gits a Little Uppity and You Lands in Jail
That's the way the system works and that’s why Dick Gregory is out to change it
August
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1967
Robert Lipsyte
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