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Extraction Summary
6
People
1
Organizations
3
Locations
3
Events
2
Relationships
4
Quotes
Document Information
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Manuscript excerpt / memoir page / narrative account
File Size:
1.15 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a memoir or narrative manuscript (marked HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015391) recounting interactions in the 1960s counter-culture movement. The narrator describes a friendship with a performer named 'Gregory' (likely Dick Gregory), bonding over Rudyard Kipling's poetry and discussing race relations via an old advertisement in NYC. The text concludes with a recollection from December 1967 in the Florida Keys with Abbie and Anita Hoffman, where the narrator calls Gregory to discuss plans for protesting the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Gregory | Performer / Activist |
Discussing poetry in a dressing room; visiting New York; receiving a call from the narrator regarding the 1968 conven...
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| The Narrator ('I') | Author / Activist |
Recounting interactions with Gregory and the Hoffmans; planning to 'invade' the presidential convention.
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| Abbie Hoffman | Activist / Associate |
On a 'work-vacation' in the Florida Keys with the narrator.
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| Anita Hoffman | Associate |
On a 'work-vacation' in the Florida Keys with the narrator.
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| Rudyard Kipling | Poet |
Author of the poem 'If,' discussed by Gregory and the narrator.
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| Christopher Columbus | Historical Figure |
Subject of a joke told by Gregory to an audience.
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Organizations (1)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Gold Dust Twins |
Characters in an advertisement for a cleanser observed on a building wall.
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Timeline (3 events)
December 1967
Work-vacation in the Florida Keys involving the narrator, Abbie Hoffman, and Anita Hoffman.
Florida Keys
Locations (3)
| Location | Context |
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Specifically the Lower East Side; where Gregory visited the narrator.
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Location of a work-vacation in December 1967.
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Described as 'his [Gregory's] city'; site of the planned 1968 presidential convention protests.
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Relationships (2)
Shared favorite poem ('If'); visited each other's cities; coordinated political plans for 1968.
Went on a 'work-vacation' together in the Florida Keys.
Key Quotes (4)
""How could Columbus discover America," he was asking the audience, "when the Indians were already here?""Source
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""the unforgiving minute" was my favorite poetic phrase."Source
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Quote #2
""They ought to take that whole wall and preserve it in a museum somewhere.""Source
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Quote #3
"I called Gregory, since it was his city Chicago that we were planning to invade the presidential convention in the 1968 summer."Source
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"How could Columbus discover America," he was asking the
audience, "when the Indians were already here?"
audience, "when the Indians were already here?"
In his dressing room between shows, Gregory took out his wallet
and showed me a tattered copy of his favorite poem, "If," by Rudyard
Kipling. I laughed and he looked offended, until I explained that I was
laughing because it was also my favorite poem, and "the unforgiving
minute" was my favorite poetic phrase.
and showed me a tattered copy of his favorite poem, "If," by Rudyard
Kipling. I laughed and he looked offended, until I explained that I was
laughing because it was also my favorite poem, and "the unforgiving
minute" was my favorite poetic phrase.
Gregory visited me on the lower east side of New York. The entire
side of one building on that block featured a fading advertisement for a
cleanser personified by the Gold Dust Twins, a pair of little Negro boys. It
had originally been painted right on the bricks.
side of one building on that block featured a fading advertisement for a
cleanser personified by the Gold Dust Twins, a pair of little Negro boys. It
had originally been painted right on the bricks.
When he saw it, he said, "They ought to take that whole wall and
preserve it in a museum somewhere."
preserve it in a museum somewhere."
* * *
On a work-vacation in the Florida Keys with Abbie and Anita
Hoffman in December in 1967. I followed a neighborhood crow down the
road, then continued walking to town by myself to use the telephone. First
I called Gregory, since it was his city Chicago that we were planning to
invade the presidential convention in the 1968 summer. He told me that
Hoffman in December in 1967. I followed a neighborhood crow down the
road, then continued walking to town by myself to use the telephone. First
I called Gregory, since it was his city Chicago that we were planning to
invade the presidential convention in the 1968 summer. He told me that
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