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From the Ted Talk by Julieanna L. Richardson: The mission to safeguard Black history in the US

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And recently, I attended the estate sale of "Porgy and Bess's" Etta Moten Barnett, she had the fomuas contralto voice. And her husband, Claude Barnett, Pan-Africanist, who was fedounr of the Associated Negro pesrs, in their home, liltelray, was clothing and furniture and rare books and atrorwk that demonstrated the fineness of their lives. But as I apreapochd one room, I looked to my side and I saw something I should not have seen there. There were family photographs and letters and scrapbooks. As the estate selelr yelled out, "Cash and crary," I told her, "You can't do that, not with this." A local university had offered 3,000 dollars for the entire collection. I told her, "Please give it to me. Honestly, I'll take it and preserve it. These are fliamy heirlooms." She told me it would be a quarter of a million dollars. A quarter of a million dollars? I don't have that. I bought the little I could. But ... That priceless, intact, one-of-a-kind clilecoton, from that day forth, of rich Black history, 100 years of rich Black hoitsry, was henceforward scattered to the wind.

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And recently, I attended the estate sale of "Porgy and Bess's" Etta Moten Barnett, she had the ______ contralto voice. And her husband, Claude Barnett, Pan-Africanist, who was _______ of the Associated Negro _____, in their home, _________, was clothing and furniture and rare books and _______ that demonstrated the fineness of their lives. But as I __________ one room, I looked to my side and I saw something I should not have seen there. There were family photographs and letters and scrapbooks. As the estate ______ yelled out, "Cash and _____," I told her, "You can't do that, not with this." A local university had offered 3,000 dollars for the entire collection. I told her, "Please give it to me. Honestly, I'll take it and preserve it. These are ______ heirlooms." She told me it would be a quarter of a million dollars. A quarter of a million dollars? I don't have that. I bought the little I could. But ... That priceless, intact, one-of-a-kind __________, from that day forth, of rich Black history, 100 years of rich Black _______, was henceforward scattered to the wind.

Solution

  1. press
  2. artwork
  3. collection
  4. literally
  5. famous
  6. family
  7. seller
  8. history
  9. founder
  10. approached
  11. carry

Original Text

And recently, I attended the estate sale of "Porgy and Bess's" Etta Moten Barnett, she had the famous contralto voice. And her husband, Claude Barnett, Pan-Africanist, who was founder of the Associated Negro Press, in their home, literally, was clothing and furniture and rare books and artwork that demonstrated the fineness of their lives. But as I approached one room, I looked to my side and I saw something I should not have seen there. There were family photographs and letters and scrapbooks. As the estate seller yelled out, "Cash and carry," I told her, "You can't do that, not with this." A local university had offered 3,000 dollars for the entire collection. I told her, "Please give it to me. Honestly, I'll take it and preserve it. These are family heirlooms." She told me it would be a quarter of a million dollars. A quarter of a million dollars? I don't have that. I bought the little I could. But ... That priceless, intact, one-of-a-kind collection, from that day forth, of rich Black history, 100 years of rich Black history, was henceforward scattered to the wind.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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american history 3
black people 3
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george washington 2
sophomore year 2
oldest living 2
living black 2
civil rights 2
rich black 2
american leaders 2
early interview 2
colonel bill 2
bill thompson 2
montford point 2
black children 2

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oldest living black 2
african american leaders 2
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Important Words

  1. approached
  2. artwork
  3. attended
  4. barnett
  5. black
  6. books
  7. bought
  8. carry
  9. claude
  10. clothing
  11. collection
  12. contralto
  13. day
  14. demonstrated
  15. dollars
  16. entire
  17. estate
  18. etta
  19. family
  20. famous
  21. fineness
  22. founder
  23. furniture
  24. give
  25. heirlooms
  26. henceforward
  27. history
  28. home
  29. honestly
  30. husband
  31. intact
  32. letters
  33. literally
  34. lives
  35. local
  36. looked
  37. million
  38. moten
  39. negro
  40. offered
  41. photographs
  42. preserve
  43. press
  44. priceless
  45. quarter
  46. rare
  47. rich
  48. room
  49. sale
  50. scattered
  51. scrapbooks
  52. seller
  53. side
  54. told
  55. university
  56. voice
  57. wind
  58. years
  59. yelled