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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

“accurate knowledge”

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Club programs designed to accomplish this

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Phillis Wheatley·1753–1784
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promoting and encouraging thestudy of literature; - developing an appreciation of thearts which encompassed painting,sculpture, theatre, dance, etc. - increasing the general knowledgeof our Negro heritage. Phillis Wheatley Literary Club held itsfirst public meeting on November 18, 1910in Wallace Hall with thenoted lecturer Hamilton, 5Wright Mabrie as guest ¿Mk mspeaker. His topic %was "Along the Color < |Line." : Throughout thoseearly years, PhillisWheatley Literary Club continued to presentmany great and famous Americans to theNewark community. Several of those personswere: Dr. W.E.B. DuBoisMr. James Weldon JohnsonMr. Walter WhiteMr. W.C. HandyMr. Matthew Henson Association between the Phillis WheatleyLiterary Club and the Newark Public Libraryhas always been close. Early meetings ofthe club were held at the library. Although Phillis Wheatley is a literaryorganization, its purpose and focus beganto change in 1917 when it became a memberof the State Federation of Colored Women'sClubs and remained a part of this organi-zation until 1979. In keeping with theFederation's motto “To work and serve the hour, lifting as we climb", PhillisWheatley took on certain philanthrophicworks. The club was especially interestedin the encouragement of unusual, creative,and artistic talents among our young people.To this end contributions were made to the Newark Com-munity Center of the Arts.
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