
They were not to the manor born.
Intrinsically, they understood
that there are those
who lord over the land
and those who labor.
Immigrants from the Mezzogiorno,
Italy's poorest region south of Rome,
belonged to this less fortunate
fraternity.
These amazing pioneers,
out of sheer desperation
or fearless determination,
charted the course for
all their descendants to follow.
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