For teachers, parents, and students, August is a time for new beginnings. Much like the commemoration of the New Year on January 1st, it’s marked with fresh starts, resolutions, and renewed hopes. August signals the beginning of the school year, … Continue reading When the Lion Writes: Reclaiming the Narrative of History
Still I Rise By Maya Angelou You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you … Continue reading Nothing Can Keep Us Down
In America, the grading system primarily uses letter grades as a measure of evaluating students’ proficiency, performance, and academic results. The letter grades A, B, C, D, and F correspond to a specific range of percentage scores and accumulate to … Continue reading Room at the Top for All
I’ve been spending time with Archibald MacLeish’s poem Land of the Free. Written in 1937, MacLeish describes this work as a “book of photographs illustrated by a poem”. Every phrase of verse has been isolated and anchored by MacLeish to … Continue reading Land of the Free?
On June 12, 2025, Sheriff Wayne Ivey of Brevard County, Florida, issued a stern warning regarding the county’s response to any form of violent protest. His comments, made in a press conference conspicuously lacking diverse representation, reflected more than just … Continue reading Brevard’s Guide on What History Demands of Us Now
What is Truth? This noun, called TRUTH, is defined as a body of real things, events, and facts (actuality). Most often, this noun is capitalized, and when that is done, TRUTH takes on a spiritual reality (GOD). The deeper question … Continue reading Truth or Consequences
Malcolm X was a master narrator. Whenever reporters tried to get him with a “gotcha question,” he got them instead. Continue reading Malcolm X 100 & Transforming Narratives
Driving under the influence has been illegal since 1910. New York was the first state to pass such laws, and California was soon to follow. According to U.S. statistics, there are approximately 32 fatalities per day due to drunk-driving accidents, with 920 resulting injuries. In August of 1619, a ship named the White Lion docked at a port in Point Comfort (currenttly Hampton), Virginia, carrying a cargo of 20-30 human beings originating from Angola on the west coast of Africa. It was the first arrival of human cargo to what was deemed the “New World.” They had been captured during … Continue reading Who’s Driving the Car?
“Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal” (Kerner, 1968, p. 1). As a Black woman who has studied racial disparities in America extensively, these dire words of the 1968 Kerner Commission report have always … Continue reading Separate and Unequal: How the Kerner Commission’s Warnings Come True Today
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