Credit To His Race
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.270 Author/Creator: Place Written: Roanoke, Virginia Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 1930-1976 Pagination: 1 p. ; 21.4 x 6.6 cm. Order a Copy
A story discussing 17-year-old Kenneth Whitlock, from Lucy Addison High School, being chosen to represent Virginia in the Junior Chamber of Commerce regional oratorical contest. He is the first African-American to do so.
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