The date is Wednsday, July 2, 1930 in the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, NJ. I am a 20-year-old sophomore at Rutgers University whose future is looking bleek. On my daily routine, I get out of bed at 4 in the morning, eat my mama's oatmeal with dried purple grapes and potato buds for breakfast, and then walk to my parents house to help out with their lemonade business. Each day is a struggle, but Mama, Pops, and I keep ourselves happy and positive about our community in this time of crisis. While we will never know when the
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