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Mr. D’s Guide to the Holidays # 4: Kwanzaa
In Barack Obama’s America, is Kwanzaa relevant anymore? At least in the South Bronx, Kwanzaa is dying, if not dead already. If you want a good gauge as to the state of a community, poll a classroom to...
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The Complexities of the “Dream”— Quotes by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
When a person becomes famous, or important, he/she often ceases to have any humanity. That person becomes marble, a statue, a painting, an inanimate idol to be worshipped and adored like a vacant...
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Unknown African-American Heroes: The Healy Family of Georgia
February is Black History Month, and the Neighborhood will be highlighting some African-Americans that may not readily come to mind for students. First off is a family from Georgia that achieved many...
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This Day in History 3/9: The Supreme Court frees the Amistad Africans
I’m preparing a response to a statement by Sean Penn in yesterday’s Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, in which he stated that certain reported should be jailed for criticizing Venezuelan dictator Hugo...
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Summer Reading for Teachers: Forbidden Love: The Hidden History of Mixed Race...
Frederick Douglass, himself of mixed race, with his second wife Helen Pitt Douglass, and their neice Eva. The strength and flaw of an immigrant society is its heterogeneity. The societies that sprouted...
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