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Lena Horne: Entertainer & Activist 1917-2010
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In Remembrance: Lasting Words
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“…But Words Will Never Hurt Me!”
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” This simple rhyme is often taught to youngsters as a way to help them to realize that sometimes ignoring the things people say can be the best medicine. More often than not, however, words are the most powerful, helpful, and hurtful tool [...]
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Remember Forever the 4th of April
On April 4, 1968 an assassin’s bullet ended the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. While the man was silenced, the spirit of the civil rights movement grew stronger still and the clergyman’s dream continues to inspire a nation even today–42 years after his untimely death.
The Revolution Has Come…
REVOLUTION: 1. The forcible overthrow of a government or social order. 2. Any fundamental change or reversal of conditions. In the 196o’s U.S. Revolution was physical. Revolution was Spiritual. Revolution was Emotional. Revolution was social. Leaders emerged from the civil rights movement–each with ideologies that spoke to the oppressed. The Black Panther Party For Self [...]
Welcome To The New World
Somewhere between kindergarten and the high school graduation stage, students in U.S. schools learn that “in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” This rhyme is so important in fact, that in 1971 President Richard Nixon declared the second Monday in October a national Holiday.
What’s The Big Idea?