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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.270 Author/Creator: Place Written: Roanoke, Virginia Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 1930-1976 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 21.4 cm, Width: 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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