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Kim Jankowiak and Becca Brown, Manistee County Library
Jan. 6, 2021
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1of8 A Private Cathedral by James Lee Burke is the 23rd offering in the Dave Robicheaux series. Detective Dave Robicheaux faces his demons in New Iberia, Louisiana while searching for two runaways and avoiding their mafia family.(Courtesy photo) Show MoreShow Less
2of8 Jolene by Mercedes Lackey is the fifteenth title in the fantasy Elemental Masters series. A young girl is sent to live with her aunt who is an Elemental Master. She uses her newly acquired skills to follow a young stonemason on a quest. This story is based upon the Russian fairy tale The Mistress of the Copper Mountain. (Courtesy photo) Show MoreShow Less
many of the southern racist young white men would wait at train stations for african-americans departing, just like most southerners, white and black were departing at these train stations, still wearing these uniforms because these were the only clothing they had after being at war. tell me why harry truman was an unlikely hero of this. president truman was raised in what he described as a violently prejudiced southern family. and he certainly was an unlikely president to desegregate the military, except when one considers the fact that even as a united states senator, harry truman always had been attuned to the needs and the precarious situation in which african-americans found themselves through the 1930s and through the 1940s. he was largely dependent on african-american voters for his reelection to the senate. yeah. and without that reelection, he certainly would not have been chosen to be president roosevelt s vice presidential running mate.
to the southern reactionary. the southerners did not like it. many of the southern racist young white men would wait at train stations for african-americans departing, just like most southerners, white and black were departing at these train stations, still wearing these uniforms because these were the only clothing they had after being at war. tell me why harry truman was an unlikely hero of this. president truman was raised in what he described as a violently prejudiced southern family. and he certainly was an unlikely president to desegregate the military, except when one considers the fact that even as a united states senator, harry truman always had been attuned to the needs and the precarious situation in which african-americans found themselves through the 1930s and through the 1940s. he was largely dependent on african-american voters for his reelection to the senate. yeah. and without that reelection,