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  "textContent": "Most importantly, when I was growing up in Cleveland, Blacks were motivated, and socially and politically conscious about what was going on in their cities and communities. Folks showed up at the polls and voted, writes Sharon Liggins-Smalls of Macedonia in a letter to the editor.",
  "title": "Brent Larkin rightly spotlights unheard Black voices as key to change in Ohio: Letter to the Editor"
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