I Have a Dream and 99 Other Groundbreaking 20th Century Speeches
By Isabel Sepulveda, Stacker News
On 1/31/21 at 11:00 AM EST
The 20th century was one of the most varied, hopeful, and tumultuous in world history. From the Gilded Age to the beginning of the Internet Age with plenty of stops along the way it was a century punctuated by conflicts including two World Wars, the Cold War, the War in Vietnam, and the development of nuclear warfare. At the same time, the 20th century was characterized by a push for equality: Women in the United States received the right to vote after decades of activism, while the civil rights movement here ended the era of Jim Crow, inspired marginalized groups to take action, and introduced this country to great leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
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Norfolk Botanical Garden celebrates Black History Month with free admission Thursdays in February
As a way to honor the garden s humble beginnings, NBG is inviting the community to enjoy the garden for free on Thursdays in February.
Credit: Adriana De Alba Author: 13News Now Staff Updated: 2:37 PM EST January 29, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. Norfolk Botanical Garden is celebrating Black History Month by offering free admission on Thursdays in the month of February.
According to a news release, the garden is a Virginia Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
That rich history began in the late 1930s when 220 African American Works Progress Administration workers planted the first azaleas at the garden.
By Jacqui Rogers
Imagine if you had not received a raise since 2009. That is the plight of Pennsylvania’s minimum wage workers, about 60% percent of whom are women and many are heads of households.
During this pandemic many low wage workers are deemed “essential” and are touted as “heroes and sheroes.” So why are they not worthy of being paid a livable wage? There is no excuse for lawmakers to deny higher pay to thousands of the state’s lowest-paid workers and there has never been a more appropriate time.
President Joe Biden announced he would ask Congress to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour. Pennsylvania’s legislature needs to do the same.
The Biden-Harris administration must integrate the arts into our national recovery
Deborah Cullinan
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Dress rehearsal for the world premiere of Alonzo King LINES Ballet 35th Anniversary at YBCA Theater in San Francisco in 2018Sarahbeth Maney / Special to the Chronicle 2018
“We are at our most inventive when we are falling.” This lesson from Liz Lerman, a choreographer and one of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ senior fellows, has stuck with me over this past year.
Artists and the cultural sector have fallen harder in the past year than we could have ever imagined. The impacts of the pandemic on the sector are clear. Philanthropy at North American arts organizations declined by 14% from January to October 2020. Across the U.S., nearly 40% of all nonprofits are at risk of closing permanently. An estimated 2.7 million jobs have been lost in the creative industries nationwide.