This day in history: Jean Toomer is born

Jean Toomer, writer and philosopher was born today, December 26, 1894. Toomer, like his parents, could easily pass for white with his heritage comprising of several European and African bloodlines.  However, understanding the importance of the plight of blacks and the need to express black life in writing so others…

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Thelma Jean Hilburn Hacker

Thelma Jean Hilburn Hacker, 84, of Portia, Ark., died Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, at the Five Rivers Medical Center in Pocahontas, Ark. Born Jan. 10, 1927 at Black Rock, Ark., she was the daughter of the late James Homer and Dora Swindle Hilburn and had been a long-time area resident….

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