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From the Ted Talk by Julieanna L. Richardson: The mission to safeguard Black history in the US
Unscramble the Blue Letters
That sense of not knowing and not belonging stayed with me until my sophomore year at Brandeis University. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was a fall day. The leaves were a golden brwon. And I’m in New York’s Schomburg Library with my hdaopeenhs on, listening to the song: "I'm just wild about Harry, Harry's wild about me." This song, this song that I associated with peidnerst Harry Truman, who was a white president, I had found in a bcalk music collection in a Black library weitrtn by a Black songwriting team of Noble Sissle and ebiue Blake in the 1921 production of "Shuffle Along" on Broadway. I was teillrhd. And I took my -- I went up to the librarian, the famous librarian, Jean Blackwell Hutson, she gave me a list of people to interview. And I had my tape rderceor in hand, today, it would be an iopnhe. And I went out and interviewed "Gone with the Wind's" bettfurly McQueen, Leigh weiphpr, who was the oldest living Black actor at the time, hriiatosn John Henrik Clarke and tap dancer Honi Coles.
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That sense of not knowing and not belonging stayed with me until my sophomore year at Brandeis University. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was a fall day. The leaves were a golden _____. And I’m in New York’s Schomburg Library with my __________ on, listening to the song: "I'm just wild about Harry, Harry's wild about me." This song, this song that I associated with _________ Harry Truman, who was a white president, I had found in a _____ music collection in a Black library _______ by a Black songwriting team of Noble Sissle and _____ Blake in the 1921 production of "Shuffle Along" on Broadway. I was ________. And I took my -- I went up to the librarian, the famous librarian, Jean Blackwell Hutson, she gave me a list of people to interview. And I had my tape ________ in hand, today, it would be an ______. And I went out and interviewed "Gone with the Wind's" _________ McQueen, Leigh _______, who was the oldest living Black actor at the time, _________ John Henrik Clarke and tap dancer Honi Coles.
Solution
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Original Text
That sense of not knowing and not belonging stayed with me until my sophomore year at Brandeis University. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was a fall day. The leaves were a golden brown. And I’m in New York’s Schomburg Library with my headphones on, listening to the song: "I'm just wild about Harry, Harry's wild about me." This song, this song that I associated with President Harry Truman, who was a white president, I had found in a Black music collection in a Black library written by a Black songwriting team of Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake in the 1921 production of "Shuffle Along" on Broadway. I was thrilled. And I took my -- I went up to the librarian, the famous librarian, Jean Blackwell Hutson, she gave me a list of people to interview. And I had my tape recorder in hand, today, it would be an iPhone. And I went out and interviewed "Gone with the Wind's" Butterfly McQueen, Leigh Whipper, who was the oldest living Black actor at the time, historian John Henrik Clarke and tap dancer Honi Coles.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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african american |
4 |
tuskegee airmen |
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american history |
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black people |
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estate sale |
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black community |
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george washington |
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sophomore year |
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living black |
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civil rights |
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rich black |
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american leaders |
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early interview |
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colonel bill |
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bill thompson |
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montford point |
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black children |
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oldest living black |
2 |
african american leaders |
2 |
colonel bill thompson |
2 |
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