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...Ramsay, in the decade after the war. Ramsay concluded that the chief cause of the Revolution was implicit in the Stamp Act: the British Parliament wanted more power over the colonies than the colonies were willing to allow. But later historians were not content with this sensible explanation. George Bancroft turned the war into a moral crusade for freedom and made poor old bumbling George III a sinister villain. Arthur Schlesinger Sr. saw the war as a class struggle in which colonial merchants were pitted against colonial proletariat. Then, in the 1950s, Edmund and Helen Morgan astonished the historical community...
When his name was read by Anne Bancroft, Sidney Poitier jumped out of his seat and headed for the stage with big bouncing strides, more like a great Negro high jumper than a great Negro actor. He gave Bancroft an exuberant hug, turned to the audience and said emotionally: "It has been a long journey to this moment...
John L. Thomas, assistant professor of history, and author of The Liberator: William Lieyd Garrison will receive one of the 1964 Bancroft Prizes tonight at Columbia University...
...aging madame of the theatre, Dierdre Dauphine (Bancroft Littlefield), is recruited to give the show a star, though Mrs. St. Regis is sure her son Algonquin (William Hitzig) and daughter Mayflower (J. Patterson McBaine) are "obviously better...
Hasty Pudding Theatricals has announced the cast for its 116th production, William Had the Words. Bancroft Little-field, Jr. '64, Joseph C. Bright '64, and Harry H. Lapham' '66 will play the leads...