Julia Roberts & Richard Gere in Pretty Woman (1990)
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On 10/4/2007, the African Burial Ground National Monument was dedicated. The site in lower Manhattan was the final resting place for over 15,000 free and enslaved Africans.
Maya Angelou, Avery Brooks, and others attended the dedication.
File Unit: [Assignment: 48-DPA-10-05-07_SOI_K_ABG_Event] Dedication of new memorial at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York City, New York, with keynote address by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and presentations by dignitaries including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Senator Charles Schumer, General Services Administrator Lurita Doan, National Park Service Deputy Director for Operations Dan Wenk, African Burial Ground Superintendent Tara Morrison, New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Director Howard Dodson, poet and novelist Maya Angelou, and actors Sidney Poitier and Avery Brooks.], 10/4/2007 - 10/4/2007
Series: Photographs Relating to the Secretary's Trips, Speeches, and Other Functions, and Agency Officials, Events, and Managed Sites, 2005 - 2013
Record Group 48: Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1826 - 2009
Image description: Maya Angelou and Avery Brooks stand at a podium as Dr. Angelou prepares to deliver remarks. Behind them are New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Director Howard Dodson, and President of the African Burial Ground Monument Foundation Edward Lewis.
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You never forget your first time. Specially your first time watching Pretty Woman.
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Nicolas de Largillière, Study of hands, 1715
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Garry Marshall, Pretty Woman, 1990
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Decent movie. It could’ve done without Stuckey. But still. Decent movie.
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Spartacus (film)
Benvenuti o bentornati sul nostro blog. Nello scorso articolo abbiamo fatto un piccolo cambio, parlando di un’opera letteraria scritta da un’autrice che ormai conosciamo molto bene sul blog, Galatea di Madeline Miller. In questa reinterpretazione del mito di Pigmalione non si parla più di una storia d’amore tra lo scultore e la sua creazione, Galatea, la statua che prende vita grazie alla dea, ma…
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Her Name Isn't Important
Lance Miller is looking for one thing; a warm body that he can lie underneath. And that's where SHE comes in. Her name? Lance couldn't be bothered to know it. This ain't Pretty Woman, and he's no Edward Lewis.
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