Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.

James Baldwin

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Poverty

Author

James Baldwin

Source

Fifth Avenue, Uptown; A Letter from Harlem Esquire

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Baldwin, James. "Fifth Avenue, Uptown; A Letter from Harlem." Esquire, July 1960.

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Sociology

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William Graham Sumner
Source
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Language
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Time
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Citation

Sumner, William Graham. "Sociology." The Princeton Review, May 1881.