• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My favorite part of the article:

    In 1959, actor and Montana native Gary Cooper wrote an article for EBONY in which he wrote, “Born a slave somewhere in Tennessee, Mary lived to become one of the freest souls ever to draw a breath, or a .38.”

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      I love the ambiguity of

      In 1894, after several complaints and an incident with a disgruntled male subordinate that involved gunplay,[2] the bishop barred her from the convent.

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      1 year ago

      Gary Cooper > John Wayne

      Best Western actor of that entire era, also the inspiration for Timothy Olyphant’s portrayal of Raylan Givens on Justified.