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Unseen Genius West Philly author Fran Ross published a novel in 1974 that the world ignored. Now, she’s a literary force. Unseen Genius West Philly author Fran Ross published a novel in 1974 that the world ignored. Now, she’s a literary force. Heroines don’t always show up the way that Fran Ross wrote Oreo. Oreo was cut from an entirely different cloth. While Oreo shares many attributes with Blaxploitation heroines of the era, her quest has nothing to do with rescuing or avenging a boyfriend who’s in trouble or dead, like Sugar Hill or Cleopatra Jones. Her story isn’t fueled...

(Updated: February 5, 2021) Bessie Coleman (left) Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain // Shirley Chisholm (center) Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain // Dr. Lonnie Johnson (right) Office of Naval Research Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Whether they were involved in Civil Rights, politics, science, technology, sports, or music, African-American history is full of innovators, though they don't always get their due. Here are 25 unheralded Black pioneers and trailblazers you should know. 1. JESSE L. BROWN When Jesse LeRoy Brown was a teenager, he wrote a letter to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to express his...

Rachel Sadler writes: It’s great to see people recognise that teachers need to focus on the “soft skills”. Once again, I read an article that says all the right things and makes fantastic suggestions for the future of education. Once again, it fails to note that teachers are constrained by the system. Ask any of us — we would love to shake up the classroom but we are all stuck. The HSC system from Year 11 to Year 12 (in my state of New South Wales anyway) is so closely linked and geared towards a high stakes test at the end that we have no room to budge.

More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Sherman & Hemstreet answers call for help Victim Witness Executive Director Fran Ross (left) weeps Thursday in Springfield while sharing the story of a local family that recently suffered a major loss. Sherman & Hemstreet Real Estate Company employees Michelle Teabeau Edwards (front right) and Ivy and Ricky Eilerman (rear right) listen in the background. - photo by Mark Lastin...