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44) The stolen light
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2009
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"Ved Mehta was born in 1934 in the city of Lahore, India (now in Pakistan). He lost his sight at the age of four after an attack of spinal meningitis. Schools for the blind were almost nonexistent in India at that time, so Mehta traveled to the U.S. at age fifteen to attend the Arkansas School for the Blind. His story in The Stolen Light begins three years later, as he starts his freshman year at Pomona College in California" --publisher.
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[2010]
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"In 1892, thirty-year-old Ida B. Wells was a success. Born into slavery, she had risen to become co-owner of a Memphis newspaper. But when a white mob lynched a close friend, Ida's life changed forever. Before long, she was speaking out about the evils of lynching and encouraging blacks to leave Memphis. Some whites were outraged by her words. When she was out of town, they destroyed her newspaper office and threatened to kill her. But no threats...
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[2010]
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"John F. Kennedy grew up surrounded by wealth and privilege. He was given opportunities that most young people only dream of having. However, Kennedy learned quite young that money can't buy everything. He fought sickness and pain throughout his life, endured the death of a brother in World War II, and lost his favorite sister in a plane crash. It was, perhaps, this balance of privilege and pain that made it possible for Kennedy to understand...
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