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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-048-#01
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1966-07-31, HCS Bennett to Merton, 'Please accept this book written by my'
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- 1966 July 31 (Creation)
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1 page(s); Holograph (handwritten) signed greeting card.
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(1930-2009)
Biographical history
A student of Sr. Marialein Lorenz in Mobile, Alabama, Gloria Sylvester Bennett was part of the class who sent Merton some ordination gifts. She sends a book by her husband, Lerone Bennett, «Confrontation: Black and White». (Source: «The Road to Joy», p. 341.)
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First lines: "Please accept this book written by my husband"... Contents index: husband Lerone Bennett - «Confrontation: Black and White» / Sister Marialein, O.P., from Mobile, Alabama introduced her to Merton's writings in high school / «Seeds of Destruction» / «Life» magazine article / asks prayers for those in the Student Non-Violent Co-ordinating Committee in Alabama.
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- English
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Senders and recipients—
to Thomas Merton from: Bennett, Gloria Cecelia Sylvester