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Contents Author’s Note ix Reflections on the Beatles in America 3 Confronting Racism Mary Francis Berry 49 RogerWilkins 59 Charles Rangel 70 John Lewis 77 Jesse Jackson 83 Sterling Johnson 91 Arthur Ashe 98 Harry Belafonte 104 Al Sharpton 118 Personal Profiles Ramsey Lewis 139 Richard B. Morris 148 Frank Macchiarola 151 Robert Hayes 159 Dr. Robert Peter Gale 173 Tempest Storm 185 More on Politics John F. Kennedy:An Appreciation 197 Jack Newfield and George Bush 201 More ImportantThan Boxing: 2006 208 More ImportantThan Boxing: 2008 220 Curiosities The Crank-Call Caper 231 My Dating History 234 Pity the Poor Restaurateur 238 V &T Pizza 241 TheTiffany Box 244 Read My Book 247 The Standard Book Contract 249 Thomas F. Croake:A Law Clerk’s Remembrance 253 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 257 The Collected Political Letters of Martin Bear 261 The Case of the Missing HistoricalTreasure 267 Personal Notes Reunions 273 Eulogies 277 A God to Hope For 287 The End of the Year The Origins of Santa Claus 327 Christmas Carols 330 Auld Lang Syne 333 viii THOMAS HAUSER ...

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