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Amer Legation in Lisbon hit; Oporto reported retaken by Carmona; Britain sends warships
Bronx Co Jail, thieves try to steal bronze gate
F B Willis's comment on Butler's s; some see him looking for Presidency
Further rise to 130; Stock Exchange makes statement
1927Richard A. Long, American historian and author (died 2013)[†]
Richard A. Long was an American cultural historian and author, who has been called "one of the great pillars of African-American arts and culture". As an academic, he taught at University of Pennsylvania, University of Paris, University of Poitiers, Atlanta University, Emory University, Morgan State College and West Virginia State College, and had worked as a visiting lecturer at universities in Africa and India.