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Identifier
Kanza1973_052
Object Type
Yearbook
Creation Date
1-1-1973
Description
A 1973 Kanza yearbook page showing a photograph of guest speaker and the first African American woman elected to Congress, Shirley Chisholm, who gave a speech on November 15, 1972. Also included are photographs of John Kerry and Allen Ginsberg.
Transcription
JOHN KERRY – WAR “It used to be that we didn’t have to tack any qualifying terms on the word peace, but now we find it necessary to add ‘with honor’”.
ALLEN GINSBERG – POET “They say it can’t be politics. So it is poetry. After all, all words can be poetry”.
SHIRLEY CHISOLM – TRUTH “I don’t measure a country by its achievements, but I measure a country by its potentials”.
Keywords
Shirley Chisolm (1924-2005), Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), John Kerry (1943-)
