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In James Baldwin's first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1952), there is a brief early scene in which Baldwin's 14-year-old black hero, John Grimes, takes a headlong run down a hill of melting snow: "At the bottom of the hill, where the...
At least part of their great secret is that they both live in the same country. White and black have shared that secret for a long time now, and have done an efficient job of keeping it from each other. The smile that connected John Grimes and the old man...
From that point on, his life becomes a series of oppositions. A young black girl like Janie of Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) may see that she is beautiful, but how can black be beautiful if the standard of beauty is to be...
Everyone knows this plot, even if he has never seen 42nd Street in any form: how the little girl from the sticks goes on for a disabled star, saves a big musical, finds love and becomes a star herself. The little girl, this time around, is a whirligig newcomer named...
35-lb. weight: 1. Manny Silverio, N.Y. 62-63/4; 2. Bruce Stirling Boston, 58-2 3/4; 3. Tom Lenz, Boston (Harvard) 57-7; Mile Run: 1. John Murphy, Boston (Harvard), 4:05.82; 2. Paul Steeds. N.Y. 4:06.03. Bill Martin, N.y. 4:06.70; 60 yd high hurdles: 1. Kerry...