West Helena
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Their family left West Helena, Arkansas, to escape Jim Crow laws, to seek better jobs, a better education for their children, to achieve homeownership.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2020
In Arkansas, the TAT enters near West Helena and moves west through the central parts of the state, eventually exiting west of Lincoln.
From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2015
Dr. Bowden was born in West Helena, Ark., opened a private dental practice after receiving his dental degree in 1972 and retired about 10 years ago.
From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2015
Again, after an undetermined stretch of time, my mother announced that we were going to move, that we were going back to West Helena.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
We got rooms in West Helena, and Aunt Maggie and my mother kept huddled in the house all day and night, afraid to be seen on the streets.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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