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Article: George Dawson: The Beauty of Reading, the Shame of ...
Tennessee TRIBUNE, The;  February 28, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Tennessee TRIBUNE, The 02-28-2001 George Dawson: The Beauty of Reading, the Shame of Racism As I read George Dawson's memoir, Life Is So Good ... made to know everything," and George Dawson shows how true this is. He said ...

Article: George Dawson.(102-year-old man who recently ...
The Economist (US);  July 14, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... the first 98 years of his life George Dawson could not read or write. He was ... century had been based on slavery. George Dawson was the grandson of a slave ... educationalists and reformists, George Dawson was adopted by what might be called ...

Article: TRIBUTES PAID TO GEORGE DAWSON MLA.
Newtonabbey Times (Portadown, Northern Ireland);  May 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... TRIBUTES have been paid to DUP MLA George Dawson who died on Monday after an illness ... esteemed friend and colleague George Dawson and on behalf of the officers ... learn of the untimely death of George Dawson. While his passing is a loss ...

Article: Live and Learn.(102-year-old author, George Dawson)
Texas Monthly;  February 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...George Dawson spent his youth working on farms, only ... class not puzzled by the question was George Dawson, who would celebrate his 102nd birthday ... this observation permeates the pages of George Dawson's memoir, Life Is So Good, which ...

Article: George Dawson
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 7, 2001 ;     310 words ...George Dawson Literacy advocate Saturday, July 7, 2001 Dallas -- George Dawson, a slave's grandson who championed literacy by learning to read at age 98, died Thursday night, his family said. He was 103. Dawson did more than put three ...

Article: George Dawson Dies; Learned To Read at 98, Urged ...
The Washington Post;  July 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ...George Dawson, 103, a slave's grandson who championed literacy after learning to read at the age of 98, died July 5 in Dallas after a fall ...

Article: After 98 years, George Dawson decided to learn how ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  January 27, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... who could not read lives alone in a house that is small and square, in an area that some people call the ghetto. George Dawson was born the grandson of a slave, in a three-room log cabin in Marshall on the 18th day of January, 1898. He was ...