I Found God In Myself: The 40th Anniversary Of "For Colored Girls" Press Preview [Getty Images]

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 17: Ntozake Shange attends I Found God In Myself: The 40th Anniversary Of "For Colored Girls" Press Preview at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on September 17, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/Getty Images)

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