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Imagine living in a world were you were prohibited from buying a house, traveling without written permission, or even gathering peacefully with groups of friends. For many African Americans living in the South during the early-to-mid twentieth century, this wasn’t the stuff of fantasy, but rather the grim reality of everyday life. The challenges ofconfronting…

Over a decade ago, I met Dwayne McDuffie in an internet chat room.  It was a forum for fans of superheroes of color.  Since I had stopped reading comics through the 1990s, I missed his historic endeavor to create an independent publisher that developed a universe that represented the cultural diversity of humanity – Milestone…

{Dr. Fong will be a tremendous asset to metropolitan Philadelphia.  I hope you will join me in celebrating his new position.}   Oct. 29, 2010   I couldn’t be more delighted to let you know that today The Board of Trustees unanimously affirmed the appointment of Dr. Bobby Fong as the next President of Ursinus…

Lillie Ham Hendry 2001   http://newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/20….kin_Award.html   Freehold’s Hendry honored with 2001 McGackin Award   Staff Writer By Dick Metzgar Freehold’s Hendry honored with 2001 McGackin Award     Lillie Ham Hendry   FREEHOLD — For half a century, Lillie Ham Hendry has been an educator — and much more to the borough.   Although the 1947…

After David Trout’s stirring introduction to the issues of sprawl and history of metropolitan development, Myron Orfield revealed that Montgomery County has more widespread economic weakness than Delaware County. The metropolitan areas around Pittsburgh and Lancaster are experiencing similar trends on a smaller scale. While he could have shown more data about the reasons why…

The city of Philadelphia is more important in world history than Thebes, Beijing, Rome, and Toronto. Too often, people have limited the understanding of the first great city of North America by comparing it to New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, and San Francisco. Jenna Wolfe completely ignored the city in her report on Independence…

If you would like to order copies of my new book, The Path to Freedom: Black Families in New Jersey, for your family, friends, classroom, or church, please send me an email and I will send you the full book description along with the pre-order information.    An inspirational photographic history of the African American…

NOTE: I’m directing a four-day seminar on the Civil War and Reconstruction from June 28 through July 1. If you know anyone who is a middle or secondary school teacher (or a graduate student in education or history), please have them contact me to register for the program. — James Loewen and Ed Sebesta are…

Rethinking Schools, Volume 24 – Issue 3, Spring 2010** *Action Education – Oregonians Vote to Tax the Rich* By Adam Sanchez In January, while right-wing pundits were crowing about Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts, voters in Oregon sent a different message to the nation: Tax the rich. Oregon is dealing with one of the largest…

Here are the ten best counties for global investment by 2020, ranked by population growth percentage since 2000; commercial real estate and transportation infrastructure; current and historical population diversity of race, ethnicity, religion, age, and national origin; financial, environmental, and cultural sustainability. If you are interested in working in any of these regions (or adding…