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“Every Great Dream Begins With a Dreamer.” -Harriet Tubman
Today is Harriet Tubman Day! March 10th, 2013 marks 100 years since Ms Tubman died. There will be celebrations around our country, but NYS has a very special tie with Harriet Tubman. Auburn, NY is...
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“Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone’s disbelief.”-August...
Playwright, August Wilson’s quote is just right for “Simple Saturday” and he proved that his belief in himself outdid anyone’s doubt.Gone too soon from this life, August Wilson lives on in his...
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“It’s not what you play, it’s how you play it.”-Mary Lou Williams, American...
“Mary Lou Williams was the most important female jazz musician to emerge in the first three decades of jazz. William’s multidimensional talents as an instrumentalist, arranger, and composer made her a...
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The “Other” Oliver Cromwell…New Jersey’s Own
Oliver Cromwell’s Landmark Home in NJ I learned something new this morning. A freeman of New Jersey, Oliver Cromwell served with George Washington during the American Revolution. How apt that I...
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“When a man starts to build a world, He starts first with himself And the...
Here is the last stanza from Freedom’s Plow by Langston Hughes, American Writer, for Flag Day. I urge you to read the poem in its entirety: “A long time ago, An enslaved people heading toward freedom...
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“I Got My Start By Giving Myself a Start.”-Madame C.J. Walker
As a young adult and classroom teacher, Madame C.J. Walker always fascinated me and was truly someone I admired and shared my admiration with my students. Her hair products changed the hair industry...
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“February is Merely as Long as is Needed to Pass the Time until March.”-Dr....
Haiku by Ilene OnWords February’s here! We’re 1 month closer to spring, THAT should bring a smile! “No great poet has ever been afraid of being himself.”-Langston Hughes Today is the birthday of one...
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Speaking Clearly and Mr. Tolson
“Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.”-Oliver Wendell Holmes As an educator, I’ve always found it very important to enunciate each and every sound for my...
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My Lazy Days of Winter
“Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.”-Tchaikovsky It has been 4 days since my last posting. Just didn’t know what to write about. Life has been OK, no...
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“I Have But One Passion…
to enlighten those who have been kept in the dark, in the name of humanity…” -Emile Zola As a young woman, I devoured the books by French novelist, Emile Zola…they were soap operas; they took on the...
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