Author of Pillar
of Fire
presented
"Freedom, Nonviolence, & Youth"
February 21, 2001
Knott Science Auditorium
College of
Notre Dame of Maryland
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and class pose for a picture with the author, Taylor Branch. |
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"I think those years meant an America that
enlarged freedom, when it didn’t really think that it could, and discovered
all kinds of optimism that had been kind of tamped down after World War
II in its human relations and in stepping out in the world....And it took
a lot of courage and with the race issue and segregation having lived for
a century after the Civil War, for people to believe that something good
could happen. "
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The author consents to pose for a group shot! |
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Knott Center. Everybody stayed to the end! |
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Robert O. Black |
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