A museum visitor sits in silhouette, before Clarence Carter's "Let Us Give Thanks," Southern Ohio Museum & Cultural Center, Portsmouth, Ohio.

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A museum visitor sits in silhouette, before Clarence Carter's "Let Us Give Thanks," Southern Ohio Museum & Cultural Center, Portsmouth, Ohio.

Image courtesy the Southern Ohio Museum & Cultural Center, Portsmouth, Ohio.

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By Andrew Lee Feight, Ph.D.
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