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In her autobiography, Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser, author, screenwriter, and BCC alumna Rita Mae Brown.
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Name/Creator
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Thuma, Cynthia
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Abstract/Description
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In her autobiography, Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser, author, screenwriter, and BCC alumna Rita Mae Brown wrote that the college was "a couple of buildings and a mess of sandspurs." Those sandspurs are evident along the sidewalk from the science lecture theater to the library. The young college, Brown added, "offered little by way of aesthetics, yet a lot by way of education."
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Date Issued
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1963
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Identifier
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BC285, 17
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Image (JPEG2000)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC285
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Title
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Author and screenwriter Rita Mae Brown, a member of the Class of 1965.
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Name/Creator
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Thuma, Cynthia
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Abstract/Description
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Author and screenwriter Rita Mae Brown, a member of the Class of 1965 and 1999 recipient of the American Association of Community College's Outstanding Alumni Award, addressed the graduates at the May 2001 commencement exercises as Dr. Steve Obenauf, Central Campus Professor of the Year, listened. Four months before the September 11 tragedy, Brown told the graduates that many of America's problems stemmed from the country's wealth and power. "Sisters and Brothers, pick up an oar and row," she...
Show moreAuthor and screenwriter Rita Mae Brown, a member of the Class of 1965 and 1999 recipient of the American Association of Community College's Outstanding Alumni Award, addressed the graduates at the May 2001 commencement exercises as Dr. Steve Obenauf, Central Campus Professor of the Year, listened. Four months before the September 11 tragedy, Brown told the graduates that many of America's problems stemmed from the country's wealth and power. "Sisters and Brothers, pick up an oar and row," she told them. "We are all in the same boat together."
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Date Issued
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2001
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Identifier
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BC449, 117
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http://purl.flvc.org/broward/fd/BC449
