ARE WE PREPARING OUR CHILDREN TO LEAD IN SCIENCE?”
On October 4, 1957, history changed with the Soviet Union's successful launch of Sputnik I, the world's first man-made satellite. Americans were alarmed that we [...]
Read More“DR. EVELYNN HAMMONDS, HARVARD COLLEGE’S NEXT DEAN”
This is another one of my Spelman College bragging stories. In March, Harvard University announced the historic appointment of Dr. Evelynn M. Hammonds, a Spelman [...]
Read More“WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN IN PRESIDENT BUSH’S BUDGET?”
When President George W. Bush released his $3.1 trillion Fiscal Year 2009 Federal Budget on February 4, it was a clear statement that he has [...]
Read More“HILDA MASON — EDUCATOR, ACTIVIST AND WASHINGTON, DC’S GRANDMOTHER”
When I think of the many people, of all ages, who became lost or troubled where I grew up in Bennettsville, South Carolina, I also [...]
Read More“EXCELLENCE CHARTER SCHOOL — A MODEL FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT”
One of the greatest life changers is a college education. For so many young people, college is a vehicle that allows them to reinvent themselves [...]
Read More“DR. ASA HILLIARD — SCHOLAR LIBERATOR”
We lost a giant in August when educator, psychologist and historian Asa G. Hilliard III died while leading a study tour in Egypt. Asa Hilliard [...]
Read More“OLIVER W. HILL — IN MEMORIAM”
In the 1940s and 50s, a very small but very committed band of highly trained NAACP lawyers launched a war in the nation's courts to [...]
Read More“THE ENDURING MISSION OF FREEDOM SCHOOLS”
As a civil rights lawyer in the 1960s, I saw courageous college students organizing Freedom Schools in Mississippi to prepare desperately poor, semi-literate, and disenfranchised [...]
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