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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Poston's "The Dark Side of Hopkinsville"

The Dark Side of Hopkinsville: Stories by Ted Poston (TPB, 1991, $1.75)

"Ted Poston became the first black career-long reporter for a major metropolitan daily... and served as a member of Franklin D. Roosevelt's 'Negro Cabinet' in Washington in 1940." These are stories of his childhood in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. What is the meaning of the title's "dark"? Read and find out. Look for it in the African American section. Avail.  2/29
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