David Aaron Kates received
his B.A. in American Studies and Sociology from Dickinson
College in May 1999. He was formerly an associate editor for the National
Student News Service, a weekly source for college newspapers that focuses
on student activism. From July 1998 to July 1999, he researched and organized
the Horatio
Collins King Collection in the Special
Collections Department of the Dickinson Library. His article in this
issue grows out of that work.