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Presents biographical information on playwright Williams M. Inge who was born in Independence, Kansas on May 3, 1913. Also describes the accomplishments of photographer Gordon Parks, a contemporary of Inge and fellow Kansan. Concludes with a brief history of Jamaica, beginning with its sighting by Christopher Columbus on May 3, 1494. Features a discussion of the efforts of folklorist, author, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston to research and document the culture of the island.
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African Americans, Civil rights, History, Suffrage, Civil rights movements, Oratory, Compromise of 1850, Slavery, Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.), United States. Congress. Senate, United StatesPeople
Daniel Webster (1782-1852)Places
Alabama, Selma, United StatesTimes
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Title from HTML header (viewed on Dec. 19, 2002; last updated Apr. 2002).
Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Presents information on Selma-Montgomery Rights March. Over five hundred people marched to the state capitol in Montgomery on March 7, 1965. They were demonstrating for African American voting rights. Outside of Selma the marchers were assaulted by state troopers and deputies. Also presents information on Senator Daniel Webster's famous speech on March 7, 1850 urging sectional compromise on the issue of slavery. Also presents information on slavery in the United States.
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