In the Words of Frederick Douglassdoi:10.7591/9780801463709DouglassFrederickHGKaufmanHeather LCornell University Press
55. If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.”–Vincent Van Gogh Words of wisdom to live by 56. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole l...
What started off as a slang word used amongst urban youth to describe food that is super yummy has been usurped by the masses. It is often misused and the word has definitely been abused. Let’s ban anybody over age 17 from saying the word bussin....
A phenomenologist might describe it as suspending conceptualization to reveal experience, which is probably why I still can’t pin down the meaning of the project, except to say that it seems to operate beyond the binary. Logic says it is not, but I cannot explain away the surplus of meanin...
“Why am I slave?” asks a young Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery in 1818,Bread for Words: A Frederick Douglass Storyis a biographical picture book that introduces children to Black history in an age-appropriate manner. Written by Shana Keller and illustrated by Kayla Stark, the story is...
in fact are used to describe his emotions and reactions to the actions and words of the union members. This diction was deliberately used by Ellison to create a harsh, uneasy environment, mirroring the circumstances that IM was subject to when he walked into the union meeting. In addition to...
One of the delights of this book is that the authors, a professional garden designer and an ecologist, educate, inspire and encourage. Regarding the U.S., they describe the difference between native bee species and honeybees, and how bees and wasps look similar but behave very differently. ...
Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave in the movement that fought to end slavery in the United States. He became a【1】 voice in the year before the Civil War. A few weeks ago, the National Park Service (NPS) 【2】Douglass’s birth and Black History Month with reopening of his home...
Doors, oceans, cities, all these different descriptions have been used by different people to describe their mind. However, my mind is a never-ending slide show, with me sitting down watching different slides constantly flash before me on the projector. Their random most of the time, but I ...
In the essay “Nommo, Kawaida, and Communicative Practice: Bringing Good Into the World,” Kerenga explores the Afrocentric concepts to describe the origins and use of rhetoric in Africa and its influence on the African American community in today’s American society. Karenga also argues in th...