PLEASE PASS THIS ON! (EACH ONE TEACH ONE OR TWO!) THIS IS PHASE ONE ON HOW WE CAN HELP TO STRENGTHEN & EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY: The 2008 not guilty verdict in the Sean Bell case evoked outrage, emotion, and debate. It is not an anomaly that the police officers involved in the Sean Bell slaying […]
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Quote Of The Day
“People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.” -James Baldwin Tweet
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John Lee Love invented the portable pencil sharpener. He received a patent for it on November 23, 1897. Tweet
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“I remember reading a phrase once that said, ‘the freedom of the press belongs to those who own the press.’ We can thus reiterate that the constitution and the legal system in this soceity are not a neutral instrument, and that the law belongs to those who write it, and to those who use it […]
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“If your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt.” -Henry J. Kaiser Tweet
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Anyone who has ever endeavored to engage in a high-level of study, whether formally or informally, knows of the expense of textbooks. Textbook publication is a very profitable business. Now, with the emergence of e-books, a whole new market has opened up for textbook publishers. Textbook publisher, Pearson, which is the largest higher educational publisher […]
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In 1983, Dr. Guy Bluford Jr. became the first African-American to fly into outer space. Dr. Bluford has a bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degree in aerospace engineering. He also has a master’s degree in business administration, in addition to earning over a dozen honorary doctorate degrees. Tweet
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“The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.” -Samuel Johnson Tweet
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