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January 22, 2021 South Carolina State Library:  We invite all South Carolina students in grades 3rd through 12th to write a poem using the theme: "What Inspires You?"   Author Pat Mora is this years featured guest. She will join us for a ceremony in late spring 2021, to celebrate the 2020 and 2021, contest winners. Pat Moras books remind us that inspiration is around us if we listen and notice: Mothers, Grandmothers, Families, the Earth, and our experiences. In her poem "Writing Secrets" (BOO...

How You Can Help During a Global Crisis If you have the means (or time) to do so, here is a list of organizations and foundations where you can donate money, time, or goods to make a real difference in your community or the world at large. April 6, 2020 50 Shares The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world as we know it, interfering with every aspect of our society and economy and resulting in the world’s highest unemployment rates to date. Now—perhaps more than ever—o...

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How the Ebenezer Baptist Church has been a seat of Black power for generations in Atlanta | Opinion Updated Jan 18, 2021; The high-stakes U.S. Senate race in Georgia catapulted the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church back into the spotlight. For 135 years, the church played a vital role in the fight against racism and the civil rights movement. It was the spiritual home of the civil rights leader, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. It is now the home of the state’s first Black senator – the Rev...

Copied! To commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Los Angeles Chargers and two fifth grade classrooms from MLK Elementary in Los Angeles Unified School District virtually came together to celebrate his life and legacy. On what would have been the civil rights leaders 92nd birthday, defensive tackle Justin Jones and wide receiver Jason Moore joined the students in reading sections of the book, "Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?" Both players noted how special it was to not only con...

The deadline to nominate a book is March 12. Written By: Kathy Steiner | × Nominations for the 15th annual High Plains Book Awards have opened. Nominations will be accepted through March 12. Information and nomination forms can be found online at http://highplainsbookawards.org. The list of 2020 winners is also available on the website. The Billings Public Library Board of Directors established the High Plains Book Awards in 2006 to recognize regional authors and/or literary wo...

The high-stakes U.S. Senate race in Georgia catapulted the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church back into the spotlight. For 135 years, the church played a vital role in the fight against racism and the civil rights movement. It was the spiritual home of the civil rights leader, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. It is now the home of the state’s first Black senator – the Rev. Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor at the church. As a scholar of African American religion and Christian theology, I be...

The Challah Girl - an old tale told in a refreshingly new way   A page from "The Challah Girl." Fairy tales generally have an "old world" feel to them that sometimes is jarring to our modern sensibilities. And yet, their classic story lines and vivid plotting make them a genre that always appeals.  "The Challah Girl," a picture book by author Bracha K. Sharp, bridges the gap between out-of-date and timely in a way that is fun and fresh. The bones of the tale, which involves a despondent prin...

William Blake’s childhood vision on Peckham Rye is well known. Sauntering along, he looks up and, according to an early biographer, ‘sees a tree filled with angels, bright angelic wings bespangling every bough like stars’. On another occasion, he ran indoors declaring he had seen the prophet Ezekiel under a tree. His wife, Catherine, later reported that Blake first saw God at the age of four. I love that ‘first’. The Bible’s vivid prophetic and visceral apocalyptic imagery stirred h...

Disney Kicks Off the 2021 Magic of Storytelling Campaign in Collaboration With First Book From Jan. 13 to March 31, 2021, the Magic of Storytelling campaign will come to life through the diverse voices of storytellers.by TV News Desk Disney announces its ninth annual 2021 Magic of Storytelling campaign to cultivate the next generation of storytellers. From Jan. 13 to March 31, 2021, the Magic of Storytelling campaign will come to life through the diverse voices of storytellers and talent from ...