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Jean-Michel Basquiat

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(1960-1988) Graffiti writer, artist. “The Walls of New York.” Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in Manhattan, New York.

Walt Whitman

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(1819-1892) Poet. Walt Whitman moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 1823, when he was four years old, and lived there for much of his life. He taught school in Woodbury, New York; the schoolhouse has been restored. West Hills, Huntington Station, New York is the site of Whitman’s birth, built in 1819 by Whitman’s father, … Continued

William Osborn Stoddard

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(1835-1925) Writer, historian, journalist. William Osborn Stoddard was born in Homer, New York. After his graduation from the University of Rochester in 1858, beginning in May 1859, he advocated Abraham Lincoln as a presidential candidate in the paper’s columns, and in 1860 he campaigned energetically on Lincoln’s behalf. From 1861 to 1864 he was one … Continued

Agha Shahid Ali

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(1949-2001) Poet. Agha Shahid Ali was born in New Delhi, India, and died in Amherst, Massachusetts. He taught at the State University of New York at Binghamton, New York.