Eloise Greenfield Author Poet Born in North Carolina
Eloise Greenfield, an author of 17 books, discusses writing about Black life as core to her identity. Born in North Carolina and raised in Washington, D.C., she began as a clerk-typist and secretary before becoming a full-time writer known for poetry and youth books. She collaborated on family history works with her mother and explores music in her verses.
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Bethune Honored on New U.S. Stamp Showcasing Pioneer Educator
The U.S. Postal Service will issue a stamp honoring Mary McLeod Bethune, noted as a leading Black educator. Bethune started a Daytona Beach school with five pupils and $1.50, a venture that grew into Bethune-Cookman College with thousands of graduates. Universal Press Syndicate.
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Justice Thurgood Marshall’s Pioneering Path to the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall, born 1908 in Baltimore, rose to become the first Black justice on the U S Supreme Court. A Howard Law School graduate, he pursued equal rights work, earned many awards, and balanced a family life with a wife and two children.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Washington, D.C
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