Word: lynchburg
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...JERRY FALWELL, founder of Moral Majority and chancellor of Liberty Baptist College, Lynchburg...
...American prisoners were more forthcoming in their praise. Elbert Cheatham, 44, of Lynchburg, Va., was accused by the Cubans of possessing 1,700 pounds of marijuana when he was arrested in 1983. As he left Dulles Airport to drive home with his family, Cheatham shouted, "Tell Jackson thanks a million! Jesse Jackson is Jesus Christ right...
...graduate of Lynchburg College, she has an M.A. in history from Smith college and a Ph.D. in History from Oxford...
Anny C. Bennett Lynchburg...
...Moral Majority, the 4 million-member right-wing faction headed by the Rev. Jerry Falwell, 50, his archfoe. When word of the embarrassing gaffe leaked out, the organization good-naturedly invited the Massachusetts liberal to speak at Liberty Baptist College, the group's education stronghold in Lynchburg, Va. Although Kennedy got along well personally with Falwell, he strongly challenged the views of his hosts in an excellent speech (largely written by his press secretary, Robert Shrum). Said Kennedy: "The controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its name-which, in the minds...