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Making Connection Through Poetry, Finding the Heart in History
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Postwar United States, 1945-1968

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Douglas MacArthur at the front lines above Suwon, Korea
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Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower
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John F. Kennedy motorcade, Dallas, Texas, Nov. 22, 1963
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Fidel Castro, president of Cuba
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William G. Stroud of NASA displaying the satellite to Lyndon B. Johnson
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Sec. of Defense Robert McNamera pointing to a map of Vietnam
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Wounded servicemen arriving from Vietnam
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Martin Luther King press conference
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Justice Dept. Bobby Kennedy speaking to crowd
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Black Panther Convention, Lincoln Memorial
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White House wedding. Pres. Nixon with Tricia
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Reverend Jessee [i.e., Jesse] Jackson's march for jobs
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Gen. Douglas MacArthur's "Old Soldiers Never Die"
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Daisy Bates to Roy Wilkins
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William O. Douglas to Earl Warren
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John F. Kennedy.
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