Chesnutt
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“It’s extremely overwhelming. … There’s still so much we don’t know,” said John Chesnutt, a Superfund section manager who has been leading the EPA’s technical team on the ocean dumping investigation.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2024
But weeks later, indie rock-folk musician Vic Chesnutt was in town, so they invited him to play.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024
Born to freed slaves in 1858 but with white ancestors, Chesnutt was easily able to pass as white but largely refused to, instead writing explicitly about Blackness, passing and racial politics.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2021
“If I finish, it won’t be Chesnutt at all, just me,” she said.
From Washington Times • Jun. 21, 2020
Mr. Chesnutt has admirably summed up the personal characteristics of the oratory of Douglass.
From The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States by Brawley, Benjamin Griffith
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