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ALA 2010 Annual Conference Program and Exhibit Directory

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Deaf; <strong>and</strong> Adults With Special<br />

Needs Forums<br />

ASCLA - LSSPS<br />

Renaissance Washington -Renaissance East<br />

One Poem Enriching Lives Across<br />

the Globe: Samuel Ullman, Gen.<br />

Douglas MacArthur, <strong>and</strong> “Youth”<br />

RUSA - HS, EMIERT<br />

Washington Convention Center -147A<br />

Authors, Literature & Cultural <strong>Program</strong>ming<br />

Judith Schaefer’s 59-minute film “So Long Are You<br />

Young: Samuel Ullman’s Poems <strong>and</strong> Passion” tells<br />

the remarkable story of the serendipitous<br />

international influence of one poem. The inspiring<br />

documentary highlights Ullman’s life (1840-1924),<br />

community humanitarian <strong>and</strong> civil rights work <strong>and</strong><br />

personal courage as an immigrant Jew in<br />

Birmingham, Alabama, <strong>and</strong> shows how his<br />

philosophy influenced General Douglas MacArthur,<br />

postwar Japanese society, <strong>and</strong> world leaders like<br />

Robert Kennedy. Ullman biographer/ historian

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