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USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood
Pop Culture Quiz
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) portrait by Carl Van Vecht April 3, 1938. Writer, folklorist and anthropologist celebrated African American culture of the rural South.
American Writers Quiz
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World Poetry Day
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Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.
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Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
Periods of American Literature
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6 Small Kingdoms of the World
Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg)
Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich?
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Why We Celebrate MLK Day
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6 Cultures That Recognize More than Two Genders
Alcoholic beverages bottles at Host 2013, international exhibition of the hospitality industry on OCTOBER 18, 2013 in Milan.
Why Is Alcohol Measured by Proof?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. August 28th 1963
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Anna Cora Mowatt: References & Edit History

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First paragraph modernization. Mar 28, 2024
Anniversary information added. Mar 01, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jul 17, 2023
Add new Web site: The Library Company of Philadelphia - Portraits of American Women - Biography of Anna Cora Mowatt. Jul 14, 2017
Added new Web site: Virtualology.com - Biography of Anna Cora Mowatt. Dec 03, 2007
Added new Web site: Wayne S Turney - Biography of Ann Cora Mowatt. Dec 03, 2007
Added new Web site: History of Performance Studies - Anna Cora Mowatt. Aug 11, 2006
Article revised. Dec 30, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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