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2012
Anne Roiphe
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25
1935
Smythe, Hugh Heyne (1913-1977)
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1963
Hotesse, Esteban (1919-1945)
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W. C. Handy
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James Agee
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Hall, Juanita (1901-1968)
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Gregory Hines
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1985
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Jeh (pronounced “Jay”) Charles Johnson, a civil and criminal trial lawyer, is the current U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. Johnson received his B.A. from Morehouse College in 1979 and obtained his J.D. from Columbia University in 1982. Nominated by President Barack Obama in October
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