... with Cedric's existential quandaries. On the one hand, he believes there is nothing he and God can't handle; on the other hand, he increasingly wonders whether he can't claim a little credit for his own work? Minus this quiet internal battle, Hope is rhetoric. It would be cliche to note here the distance between the Jennings' tiny, one-bedroom apartment on V Street ... truth be told, he is neither the first black male ever to enter an Ivy League college, nor as Hope shows, is he spectacularly unqualified to attend one. His SAT score was a low 960, but Cedric, a math whiz, graduated seco...

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