Review of Baldwin and Golden on Black Freedom
A critique notes James Baldwin shifts from novelist to essayist as his Blues for Mister Charlie echoes Emmett Till murder and race tensions in New York and the Deep South. It also covers Harry Golden in Mr Kennedy and the Negroes, tracing the long civil rights arc from Reconstruction to Kennedy’s era and calling JFK the second Emancipator.
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James Baldwin
Harlem
Baldwin
New York City
Mister Charlie
Dial
New York
Emmett Till
Mississippi
Emmett
United States
Meridian
Harry Golden
MR. Kennedy
Golden
America
John F. Kennedy
Convention and Kennedy and the Negroes book reviews
A columnist previews the novel Convention and comments on Seven Days in May sales potential. Joseph L. Benham notes the book’s smooth writing and pace and questions the authors’ real targets. The piece also critiques Kennedy and the Negroes as a rapid, non-analytic survey of the Negro rights movement.
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Messrs. Knebel and Bailey
Bookmobile Schedule per Day and Route Details
The document lists weekly bookmobile timetables with multiple stops each day. Monday through Friday show morning blocks from 9:30 to 11:45 and afternoon blocks from 1:15 to 4:45 at varied locations such as College Village Shopping Center Gatewood Emery Road Hillcrest Rotary Rockspring Brantley English Hedrick Ridgecrest Wynnewood Dane Thissell Worth Wesley Place and more.
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College Village
Council
Gatewood
Emery Road
Hillcrest
Overbrook
Emerywood Drive
Kennedy
Carr
Rotary
Westwood Avenue
Otteray
Rockspring Road
Eaton Place
Brantley Circle
W. Farriss
Hedrick
Ashe
English Street
Oakwood
Rotary Drive
Ridgecrest
W. Springfield
Dane
Wynnewood
Rockford Road
Ragan
Brentwood
Lowe
Friddle Street
Austin Street
Wesley Place
E. Russell
Old Pop and Haircurl Papers Book Reviews
Al Morgan’s Old Pop In Back To Sit On A Horse portrays a 76 year old vaudeville star’s longing for one last public moment, contrasted with Hollywood pressures. Willian K. Zinsser’s The Haircurl Papers mixes satire with nostalgia, critiquing modern life while celebrating older showbiz eras and a London auction tale.
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al Morgan
Morrow
Morgan
Jack Judson
Pop
Porter Judson
Hollywood
Porter
Edwin O'Connor
Daniel Considine
Willian K. Zinsser
Harper
Zinsser
Long Island
Harold Arlen
England
London
Sotheby & Co
Mary Anne Ross Returns With New High Point Exhibit
High Point Public Library hosts a second exhibition of Mary Anne Ross paintings in the audio-visual room from 2 to 5 p.m. sponsored by the Council of Garden Clubs. The artist, born in Cuba New York and living in Greensboro, works in various media and aims for abstract and still life forms.
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Mary Anne Ross
High Point
High Point Council of Garden Clubs
Garden Club Council
Greensboro
Ross
Mrs. Ross
Cuba
N. Y
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Robert Marks
Best Sellers Fiction and Nonfiction Picks
A list of top selling fiction titles including The Spy Who Came In From The Cold by John Le Carre Convention by Knebel and Bailey The Group by McCarthy The Night In Lisbon by Remarque The Martyred by Kim Nonfiction Four Days by AP American Heritage A Day In The Life Of President Kennedy by Bishop Profiles In Courage by KenneDy The Naked Society by Packard Diplomat Among Warriors by Murphy The Torch Is Passed not listed as not sold in stores.
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le Carre
Knebel and Bailey
McCarthy
Lisbon
Remarque the
Kim
President Kennedy
Bishop
KenneDy the
Naked Society
Packard
Murphy
Ap’s
In Defense BOSSE by Rupert Croft-Cooke reviewed
A long review examining Croft-Cooke’s defense of Oscar Wilde’s Bosie, Rossetti linked figure, and the troubled life of Lord Alfred Douglas. Patrick Pryce-Jones notes the book as absorbing social history but criticizes its printing and indexing while appreciating the author’s aim to rebalance Wilde’s reputation.
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London
Westminster School
Rosie
Lord Alfred Douglas
Croft - Cooke
Oscar Wilde
Douglas
Rupert Hart-Davis
Wilde
Bosie
Aubrey Beardsley
Robert Ross
Croft- Cooke
Lord Queensberry
Mr. Croft-Cooke
Croft-Cooke
Alan Pryce-Jones
A View of All the Russias by Laurens van der Post
Laurens van der Post’s expanded report on his U S S R journey for Holiday magazine surveys Moscow to Samarkand and Leningrad to Kharkov. He paints a vast, diverse Russia, notes clashes between intellect and state, and finds hopeful signs among the Russian people especially the young. The work stands as a humane, vivid post Stalin account.
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Laurens van der Post
Morrow
Col van der Post
U.S.S.R
Holiday Magazine
Col. van der Post
Africa
Russia
Moscow
Tashkent
Samarkand
Bukhara
Caspian Sea
Caucasus Mountains
Black Sea
Kharkov
Kiev
Siberia
Lake Baikal
Khabarovsk
Amur
Riga
Leningrad
Soviet Union
Poland
Pacific
North Pole
Kalahari
North Carolina music groups share talents and schedules
A North Carolina association of college music administrators formed to aid higher education music programs will publish a 1964-65 faculty recital list. Notable items include New York Philharmonic season wrap, Met Opera World’s Fair events with Rudolf Bing, and performances by UNCG School of Music Sinfonia, High Point Civic Band, Central High School Orchestra, and the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra under Swalin.
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North Carolina Assn. of
North Carolina Board of Higher Education
North Carolina Education Assn
North Carolina Music Educators Conference
North Carolina Music Teachers Assn
North Carolina
William Spencer
Appalachian State Teachers College
Lee Rigsby
School of Music Uncg
Robert W. John
North Carolina College
Durham
New York Philharmonic
Bernstein
Philharmonic
Rudolf Bing
Flushing Meadow Park
Long Island Railroad
Pennsylvania Station
Atlanta
Lyndon B. Johnson
Metropolitan Opera
High Point Civic Band
David Carter
Central High School Band Room
Central High School Orchestra
Barry Ruth
Northeast Junior High School
Virginia Frank Scholarship Fund
Orchestra Fund
High Point College Memorial Auditorium
George Dickieson
Lew Lewis
Fine Arts Department
Locatellis
William Hilbrink
Mary Bourne
Marcia Fountain
Henrietta Nance
Barber
Giannini
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Swalin
High Point
Z. Melnikou
Evolution ESSAYS OF A HUMANIST by Julian Huxley
Harper reviews Evolutionary Humanism a collection by Sir Julian Huxley. The essays span science driven philosophy, education aims, and religion from a scientist turned philosopher. It argues mankind now guides its own evolution amid a revolutionary age.
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Julian Huxley
Harper
Sir Julian
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Lynda Bird Johnson
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