Lincoln on union first slavery second in Civil War era
The piece reflects on Lincoln's goal to save the Union over freeing slaves, notes the massive role of Black soldiers in the Union, and recalls Fort Pillow, Emancipation Proclamation, and the 13th Amendment as turning points ending slavery after centuries, ending with the question if true freedom followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
America
North
South
Fort Pillow
Tenn
Fort, Sumter
Confederacy
Lincoln
Wendell Phillips
William Lloyd Garrison
Busy Summer Play Setup For Suburban Youths
Jim Crossley outlines a 1968 midwestern city's youth recreation plan. In sport heavy program with basketball baseball softball soccer tennis track and field, swimming and scuba, band art science and crafts, and playschool baton twirling synchronized swimming and ping pong. It emphasizes civic manners and volunteer help in upkeep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Crossley
NEA
Ater Lasses
Soviet Viewpoints on East West Ties Show Kremlin Jitters
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan reports that while Foreign Minister Gromyko says the USSR is open to discussing reductions in rocket systems, Soviet press warns against optimism. The Kremlin fears Western moves, East European ferment, and a splintering Communist world, signaling reluctance to back detente while Vietnam drags on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Ryan
Soviet Union
Kremlin
United States
Europe
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyke
Vietnam
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Dor Oakley
John Lane
Jack Armstrong
All-American
Terry
Thin Man
Harris County Federal
F.s.l.lc
Harris County
Federal Simec
Baytown, Texas
TRY
SUN
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Red China
Asia
Viemnam
John’s Pest Control
Wmne Kettering
Baytown
TEMAS
FORD
Houston
Allstate Passeng
Sears
Sears and
SAVE
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Blackwall
Guardsman
Eld Tire
Exeise
Til
Texas
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