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seven-year-old Mary Mildred Williams unexpectedly became the face of American slavery

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First To Fall taylor branch seven-year-old Mary Mildred Williams unexpectedlyThe history of the fight for free press has never been more vital in our own time, when journalists are targeted as enemies of the people. In this brilliant and rigorously researched history, award winning journalist and author Ken Ellingwood animates the life and times of abolitionist newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy. First to Fall illuminates this flawed yet heroic figure who made the ultimate sacrifice while fighting for free press rights in a time