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Black and white frame shows 2 women seated at a cafe table with a man in an army uniform. Caption. No, you'll fight before you'll marry.

2 women and 2 men gathered in an upscale living room setting, hunting rifle visible on display on rear wall. Caption. Emily. Hide the silver.

Black and white frame of judge facing crowded courtroom gallery. Caption. The sooner we get started, the better chance we have.

Closeup of a handwritten poem from Edgar Allen Poe in black ink on parchment paper.

Black and white blurred painting of a man wearing a top hat and riding a horse.

Man wearing glasses speaks to camera, gesturing forward with his hands, against a black background.

Senior man looks slightly down with mouth open against a black background. Text on image reads, Gerald Kennedy, Louisiana State University.

Exterior photo of a stone monument depicting a chalice on a tiered platform.

Man wearing a vintage white shirt, vest and bowtie looking down and away with a serious expression on his face.

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Wide shot of a university plaza with several multi-story white and red buildings. Caption. Of every major American university's curriculum.

Interview with young man in an office setting. He is identified as Anthony Sze-Fai Shiu, P, H, D, Professor of English, University of Missouri Kansas City. Caption. Who would help African Americans and America, as well.

Middle-aged black man looks just off camera with an incredulous expression like he is speaking to camera for an interview. Caption. Give him blackness, and then bid him to sing?

Interview with middle-aged Black man in an office setting. He is identified as Marlon Ross, PhD, Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Virginia. Caption. A confrontation between a subjugated, Black protagonist.

Black and white photo of a man wearing sunglasses standing next to a fifties-era vehicle parked in front of a storefront.

Black and white photo of a young Maya Angelou smiling in a room with several African masks and sculptures. Caption. Far stranger than most of the characters that she's created.

Interview with man wearing a business suit in an office setting. He's looking up with a thoughtful expression and gesturing with his hands. Caption. One that helped to fix.

Interview with Black woman wearing a brown jacket and white blouse against a bookshelf backdrop. Caption. Is a story that shows the sort of strength that he had.

Person wearing a sun hat surrounded by tall plants in a garden setting. Caption. Life in New England was simple and rewarding.

Low shot looking up at the branches of tall trees as light filters through the leaves. Caption. Thoreau maintained his life on Walden Pond.

Black and white illustration of Louisa May Alcott reading from a book to a room of young girls looking up at her with attentive expressions. Caption. Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29, 1832.

Black and white image of a college campus with an overlay portrait photo of William Carlos Williams. Caption. The University of Pennsylvania medical school.

Black and white portrait of Thomas Wolfe wearing a white collared shirt, dark necktie, and suspenders. He's looking at camera with a serious expression. Caption. Some of the greatest American literature ever written.

Black and white photo of Ernest Hemingway crouching down and holding 2 pairs of antelope antlers. Caption. To become involved in.

Black and white photo of a busy city street with trains, trolleys, and fifties-era cars. Caption. Brooks moved with her family to Chicago at an early age.

Black and white photo of Lorraine Hansberry's parents posing next to a piano. Caption. Her parents were intellectuals and activists.

Black and white frame of 2 men, 1 woman and 2 teenage girls. Teenagers are speaking to the man. Caption. More about your truck than you did?

Black and white close up frame of 2 men, 1 standing wearing a suit and a cap and 1 sitting wearing a suite and speaking from On the Waterfront. Caption. All city editors are unnecessary.

Black and white frame of a woman and man in evening clothes seated at a cocktail table. Caption. I'll give you two more.

Deciduous forest with green grass and sunlight shining through.

Man dressed in a costume that resembles Mark Twain looks off camera. Caption. Had been able to make like, 5 dollars, just 5 dollars more a week.

Man wearing a plaid shirt, denim overalls, smoking a cigar, looks ahead from the driver's seat. Next to him, a woman wearing a sun hat with a pensive expression. Caption. I don't mean that.

Closeup of a woman with a taut smile looking off camera with greenery in the background. Caption. About the original sin.

Black and white film still of a woman wearing a hat, white shirt, and overalls talking to a man in a suit. Caption. Well I guess I better be getting' off to the baseball field.

Black and white film still of a young woman looking through prison bars with a worried expression on her face.

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Woman wearing a casual red polka dot dress, brown apron, and gardening hat, smiles and looks up. Caption. And then to a picture show to celebrate.

Black and white frame of 4 men, 2 are uniformed police officers. All have intense expressions. Caption. I found the gun that killed Brent.

Black and white frame of two women seated together surrounded by a crowd people. Caption. I'm going to buy a $2 ticket.

Black and white frame of a mustachioed man in a doorway, facing camera. Caption. Would you step in for a moment, please?

Elizabeth Taylor dressed in evening gown from the movie, The Last Time I Saw Paris. She leans over a man in white collared dress shirt lying on his back on a couch. Caption. What's the matter, darling?

Movie frame shows a lion rearing up on its hind legs in the foreground, a young woman pulling another person towards a door, lion tamer holding a weapon and seated on a beam above. Caption. I'm so sorry, dear.

Low shot of men wearing denim jeans and work boots walking along train tracks at night. Caption. Whistle blowing.

Black and white frame of 2 men and 2 women seated around a circular table. Caption. She's like an ornery heifer sometimes.

2 men in cowboy hats and Western attire stand opposite one another. Caption. All I can do now is take him over and find out.