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 Please review each of the following.  CORE MATERIALS • Book:  Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood  by Trevor Noah (One World) SUPPORTING MATERIALS • “Loving v. Virginia, 388 US 1 (1967)” • Play:  Master Harold and the Boys: A Play  by Athol Fugard (Vintage) (pp. 54-60) • Immorality Act, 1927  ((Act No. 5 of 1927)) • Excerpt:  Love Rejected  by Lucille Clifton (Excerpted in the Atlantic Essay, "They Act Like They Don't Love Their Country" by Ta-Nehisi Coates.) • Video:  “Loving - Official Trailer 1 (Universal Pictures) HD”  (Universal Pictures) • Essay:  “How to Write About Africa”  by Binyavanga Wainaina (Granta) • Primary Source:  U.S. Reports: Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967) • Resource:  Recommended Texts for Independent Reading

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