The Martha s Vineyard Times
Nobel laureates and Pulitzer Prize winners come to this year’s M.V. Book Festival next month, August 5 to 8. Modelled after the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., founder and director Suellen Lazarus began the festival through the Chilmark Community Center’s evening lecture series in 2005. In 2012, they began having the author series bi-annually, alternating with the book festival years.
This summer was supposed to be a festival year, but because of COVID, Valerie Rosenberg, chief operating officer, explains, “When we started doing the planning, we didn’t know what was going to be allowed. This summer ended up being more of a hybrid, which is the best of both worlds for a lot of people. In addition to the live four-day festival, all the programming will be live-streamed for free. If you don’t feel comfortable coming out, can’t get tickets, or are not on the Island, you can still participate. It’s lovely that we’re ab
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In his book, The Virtue of Cain: From Slave to Senator (2021, Rocky Pond Press), Kevin Cherry focuses on the short but extraordinary life of Reconstruction era Senator Lawrence Cain of Edgefield, South Carolina. Cherry, Cain's great great-grandson, also tells the contemporaty story of a family with Southern roots, long identified as having some American indian ancestry, re-discovering their true heritage.
SC lawmakers may use Trumpâs 1776 Report to shape US history curriculum
VIDEO: SC lawmakers may use Trumpâs 1776 Report to shape US history curriculum By Rob Way and Jared Kofsky | March 31, 2021 at 7:00 PM EDT - Updated April 1 at 5:48 AM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would require âinstruction in United States foundational historyâ for all public middle and high school students in a way that is consistent with former President Donald Trumpâs 1776 Commission Report, and it already has approval from the stateâs top education leader.
The Restore Americaâs Foundation Act, S.534, has been referred to the Senate Education Committee. If passed, it would require âa minimum of thirty hours of classroom instructionâ on United States history every year for students in grades six through 12.
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