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Black History Calendar: Profiles in standing tall despite efforts to make people feel small
13+ hour, 35+ min ago (81+ words) Black History Calendar: Profiles in standing tall despite efforts to make people feel small'ABC7 WWSB Black History Calendar: Profiles in standing tall despite efforts to make people feel small Patriot Golf Day raises money for veterans and their families at…...
One week to a movement: A century of Black History Month
18+ hour, 2+ min ago (316+ words) It has been nearly 100 years since historian and educator Dr. Carter G. Woodson launched Negro History Week as a commemoration of "the Black past." As the son of formerly enslaved parents, Woodson understood the damage and disservice it does to people…...
Teaching Asia with Maps: A Hands-On Pedagogy Workshop at the Earth Sciences & Map Library in the Benson Building 04.08.2026
19+ hour, 18+ min ago (304+ words) Teaching Asia with Maps: A Hands-On Pedagogy Workshop at the Earth Sciences & Map Library in the Benson Building'University of Colorado Boulder Other ways to search: Teaching Asia with Maps: A Hands-On Pedagogy Workshop at the Earth Sciences & Map Library in…...
Compulsory discipline measure advances in Oklahoma House of Representatives
20+ hour, 28+ min ago (139+ words) Students beginning in the third grade could be subject to mandatory suspension and expulsion for injuring or attempting to injury school personnel under legislation approved by the Oklahoma House of Representative's Education Oversight Committee on Monday. Mullin's office sent out…...
A People's History of the United States
21+ hour, 7+ min ago (661+ words) This book tells American history from the perspective of ordinary people rather than presidents, generals, and political leaders. It focuses on workers, enslaved people, women, Indigenous communities, and social movements. Zinn argues that real change in society has usually come…...
OPINION: Cherokee Nation: Telling the full story during Black History Month
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (292+ words) This week,we published the findingsof the Task Force to Examine the Impact of Enslavement on Cherokee Nation's 19th Century Economy and Infrastructure.The reportpresents clear and sobering historical facts. It is not simply an academic exercise, but rather an act…...
Texans urge State Board of Education to slow rewrite of K-12 social studies standards
4+ day, 47+ min ago (100+ words) Several educators involved in drafting the new curriculum plan said they did not have enough time to thoroughly review the proposed standards and make changes. The State Board of Education is scheduled to approve new social studies standards this summer…...
What the ‘Birthday Paradox’ Can Teach Us About Black History
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (310+ words) What happens when a provably true idea nevertheless feels like it must be impossible? This is called a veridical paradox, a situation when our intuition fails, and everyday reasoning badly underestimates how often coincidences or overlaps occur. The answer is…...
100 years of Black History Month
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (435+ words) Carter G. Woodson was an American historian, author, journalist and founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. He served as the Dean of the College Department of West Virginia Collegiate Institute " now known as West…...
Russ Wigginton: Studying Black history may feel uncomfortable. It should be
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (606+ words) One hundred years ago, Black History Month began as an act of correction. Historian Carter G. Woodson established Negro History Week to preserve Black contributions from being erased from American memory. He chose February to honor Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln,…...