Jacob Lawrence, The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
No. 38. Napoleon's attempt to restore slavery in Haiti was unsuccessful, Dessalines, Chief of the
Blacks, defeated LeClerc. Black men, women, and children took up arms to preserve their freedom,
November 1802. (1938)
Workbook: November, 2004
November 30, 2004 : On Surf Street where the flags were after 9/11...November 29, 2004 : "F-14s."November 28, 2004 : In my excuse for a mind anyway...November 27, 2004 : She asked me to tell her about something a previous lover had done or said which made my heart race.November 26, 2004 : "You could get your teeth done."November 25, 2004 : Cultural Feminism:November 24, 2004 : That I'm not exactly in love with Las Vegas.November 23, 2004 : The people congregate in groups blocking the sidewalk.November 22, 2004 : Ahead of us the bridge is collapsing.November 21, 2004 : The psychology of addiction.November 20, 2004 : "Did you hear about those chickens..."November 19, 2004 : The custom is to leave the loved one's favorite foods at their gravesite.November 18, 2004 : As she kissed me she said...November 17, 2004 : A blood clot in her lung caused by cigarette smoke...November 16, 2004 : Inside the steak house he showed me his gun.November 15, 2004 : "He ain't keepin' hisself clean."November 14, 2004 : Gray-haired husband, gray-haired wife...November 13, 2004 : Cigarettes, everywhere.November 12, 2004 : "Ya got no BAAAAAALLLLS..."November 11, 2004 : "The natives build their houses on stilts above the water..."November 10, 2004 : Another waitress touched me.November 9, 2004 : "These U.S. people live all their lives in air conditioning."November 8, 2004 : "Her uncle was a roadie for the Beatles."November 7, 2004 : Life is what happens when sleep is unnecessarily interrupted.November 6, 2004 : Pudgy white tourist in the omelette line.November 5, 2004 : The word "paradise"...November 4, 2004 : "Talk about a cultural icon, Andrew!"November 3, 2004 : "You looked at me..."November 2, 2004 : She projects her personal idiosyncrasies onto "girls".November 1, 2004 : Silence.
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