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1 day ago · African American parents, educators, and authors have long cared about, discussed, and written literature for African American children, despite various barriers to this genre of literary production. 1 In her 1922 essay “Negro Literature for Negro Pupils,” author, editor, activist, and educator Alice Dunbar-Nelson discussed the importance of African American children’s literature.
3 days ago · Robert Morris, a former Trump adviser, made the statement after Cindy Clemishire said the megachurch pastor in Southlake, Texas, abused her in the 1980s.
2 days ago · Interviews. Frederick Douglass was a Complicated Human Being: A Conversation with Sidney Morrison. Naya Clark. June 19, 2024. Frederick Douglass, one of the most prominent African American leaders of the nineteenth century, known as “the great orator,” has been well documented. With writing published in the abolitionist newspaper The North ...
1 day ago · The Florida Bar will honor more than 700 attorneys and senior counselors for 50 years of dedication to the practice of law during a luncheon at the convention on June 21. Former Justice James E.C. Perry and retired Okaloosa County Judge Patt Maney, now a member of the Florida House of Representatives, will be the...
3 days ago · A Juneteenth Reading List. The Juneteenth holiday, also called “Juneteenth Independence Day,” “Freedom Day” or “Emancipation Day,” commemorates the day—June 19, 1865—when enslaved African Americans in Texas finally learned that the Emancipation Proclamation had declared them free. Now a federal holiday—an annual commemoration ...
3 days ago · A Dallas-area megachurch accepted the resignation of senior pastor Robert Morris on Tuesday after allegations of a past inappropriate relationship with a 12-year-old surfaced last week.
6 hours ago · Since its founding in 1884, the USC Thornton School of Music has become the center of higher education in music in the western United States and is among the top schools of music in the nation. Situated in the heart of the vital musical life of Los Angeles, USC Thornton brings together a distinguished faculty and gifted students from around the ...
