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pathbreaker

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path·break·er  (pthbrkr, päth-)
n.
1. One that opens a path or trail.
2. One that is original or innovative; a pioneer.


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When Pinkie Gordon Lane passed away on December 3, 2008, Louisiana and the nation lost a gifted lyric poet, whose long and distinguished career as an educator, administrator, community leader, and racial pathbreaker culminated in her appointment as the first African American Poet Laureate of Louisiana in 1989.
The others are: the Pathbreakers International Network, Greenwich Racial Equality Council, the SIMBA/Mama Afrika Partnership, the Forum of African Human Rights Defenders in Europe, National Union of Students-Black Students Campaign, the Black United Front, and a number of partners in Greenwich and elsewhere.
Conceding that such a cohort still did not directly cover "those who declined to become pathbreakers or in fact were categorically excluded" (p.
 
 
 
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