…story of enslaved families of Prince George’s County, Maryland and the hundreds of lawsuits they brought against slavery. His book, A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from…

…a historical event, a person, or a story. Using the archival material, they’ll continue exploring their topic by writing poetry. After that, they’ll turn to their neighborhoods, and lead poetry…

…the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-First Century   Buy a copy of The Silent Shore from our official bookseller. About the Author Charles Chavis, Jr., Ph.D is the Founding…

…Company, New York. 1995. Bunkers, Suzanne L, and Cynthia Anne Huff. Inscribing the Daily: Critical Essays on Women’s Diaries. Amherst, University of Massachusetts Press, 1996. Ray Allen Billington, “A Social

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…Project (FTP), part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration. Initially, Shirley met W.E.B. Du Bois when she was nine years old and he was thirty-seven. They became reacquainted…

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…was 56 years old, having only held one other elected office, Governor of New Jersey. This college professor’s meteoric political rise was only transcended by his equally extraordinary rise to…

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…Paul performed by Joanna Guy & Elizabeth Cannon July 13–19, 2020 Mary Church Terrell performed by Sherrie Tolliver July 20–26, 2020 Fannie Lou Hamer performed by Arthuretta Holmes Martin July…

…for use at your program. If you distribute your own audience questionnaire, you will be asked to upload a copy of your survey and summarize the findings in your Final

…the water is not only bad, it contains a poison that severely impairs the mental development of the city’s children. Now you can quit imagining because, as you may have…

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…Prime) exemplifies the special combination of heart plus risk I most enjoy. Catherine very intentionally situates itself right between profoundly boring and extremely funny, presenting two minute “episodes” that look…

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