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Black History, Continued: How Do We Learn to Dream

Black History, Continued: How Do We Learn to Dream
We explore the enduring power of dreams, and the people who dare to follow them, with Nikki Giovanni, Estelle, Peter Ramsey, N. K. Jemisin and more.
By The New York Times
April 20, 2021Updated 4:10 p.m. ET
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Our dreams inspire an ever-expanding universe of creation — from comic books and movies to art and poetry. And in the right hands, they can even spark transformational change. What inspires us to dream big? To not only imagine a better world, but work to make it a reality?

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The Plan to Protect Indigenous Elders Living Under the Northern Lights

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The Plan to Protect Indigenous Elders Living Under the Northern Lights
March 11, 2021
A remote region with a thriving tourism economy, a strict shutdown and a surprising transformation.
By Peter Kujawinski
March 11, 2021
It takes hours of flying across Canada’s vast, trackless north to reach Yellowknife, a small city on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake — one of the deepest and largest lakes in the world. The region is as remote as it is pristine. But travelers are drawn here from around the world to witness the splendor of the aurora borealis, otherwise known as the Northern Lights.

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Justin Deabler's 'Lone Stars' gaining attention for 'outsiders' perspectives

If it wasn't for Bard College at Simon's Rock, author and lawyer Justin Deabler may have never met his husband, gone on to become a civil rights lawyer, or written his first novel, "Lone Stars."
"That place saved my life," he simply said of the private liberal arts college in Great Barrington, where then 15-year-old Deabler found himself after dropping out of his Texas high school. It was the 1990s, he said, and being a gay teenager in a large, public high school in Houston had him fearing for his physical safety and his mental health.
"My sophomore year, I just stopped going to school," he said in a phone interview. Deabler's mother, a professor at a junior college, let him listen in on her classes, but quickly pointed out that it wasn't going to work long term. A family friend then told him about Simon's Rock's scholarship program, and the rest, they say, is history â history that Deabler later found inspiration in to craft "Lone Stars," a semi-autobiographical novel that follows the stories of four generations of a Texan family in a changing America, beginning with the Eisenhower era up through the Obama administration.

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How Negro History Week Became Black History Month and Why It Matters Now

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Feb. 24, 2021
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Black History Month has been celebrated in the United States for close to 100 years. But what is it, exactly, and how did it begin?
In the years after Reconstruction, campaigning for the importance of Black history and doing the scholarly work of creating the canon was a cornerstone of civil rights work for leaders like Carter G. Woodson. Martha Jones, a professor of history at Johns Hopkins University and the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor, explained: “These are men [like Woodson] who were trained formally and credentialed in the ways that all intellectuals and thought leaders of the early 20th century were trained at Harvard and places like that. But in order to make the argument, in order to make the claim about Black genius, about Black excellence, you have to build the space in which to do that. There is no room.” This is how they built the room.

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Nine Movies, Podcasts, and Books to Check Out for Black History Month and Beyond | Hey BU

From all things black culture to noteworthy movies, here are 10 movies and podcasts about black history that you should check out right now!

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Feathers and Female Power: The Costumes of Carnival

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A vibrant, skimpy ensemble worn at a Caribbean Carnival is so much more than a visual delight: “It’s a celebration of women’s glory in themselves.”
The blinged-out swimsuits and colorful plumage seen at Caribbean Carnivals from London to New York to Toronto take months to complete and involve an industry of designers, seamstresses, feather workers and wire benders. The women who take part in this masquerade — “mas,” it’s called — have transformed a tradition rooted in Roman Catholicism and Black resistance to slavery into a performance of female empowerment, resistance and self-expression.

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The Fun Police: Law Enforcement Comes to Carnival

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The Fun Police: Law Enforcement Comes to Carnival
Events like J’Ouvert in New York and Carnival in London have seen violent incidents. But the way they are policed says a lot about what happens when Black people gather.
By Mychal Denzel Smith
J’Ouvert has its roots in denial.
In the late 1700s, French colonists in Trinidad began hosting masquerade balls that the enslaved Black Caribbean population was banned from attending. Undeterred, the enslaved peoples hosted their own festivals, often as a way of mocking their enslavers. Upon emancipation in 1838, Black Caribbean peoples participated in the Carnival celebration, bringing in their own customs and cultural traditions.

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26 Books About Activism & Speaking Up for Young Readers

26 Books About Activism & Speaking Up for Young Readers
Inspiration to change the world!
We all want our students to believe they can change the world through thoughtful and peaceful action. Offering a steady and diverse diet of examples of activism can inspire kids to become activists themselves and helps them appreciate the work of activists throughout history. Check out 26 of our favorite recent books about activism and speaking up for young readers.
We love this book for introducing our youngest students to the idea of activism. It’s guaranteed to incite a flurry of passionate sign-making in your classroom!

The Buddy Bench, they create a safe space for lonely kids to make friends. In

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Jane Addams Children's Book Awards Announced

Jane Addams Children's Book Awards Announced
By Cady Zeng
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Jan 21, 2021
The Jane Addams Peace Association has announced the recipients of the 2021 Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards. The winner in the Books for Younger Children category is
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, illus. by Michaela Goade (Roaring Brook). The winner in the Books for Older Children category is
A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat (Candlewick). Additionally, two Honor Books were named in the Books for Younger Children category:
Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean’s Biggest Secret by Jess Keating, illus. by Katie Hickey (Tundra); and

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Soapbox: Hey, Grownups! Kids Really Do Like Nonfiction

By Cynthia Levinson, Melissa Stewart, and Jennifer Swanson
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Jan 07, 2021
A recent column in the
As nonfiction writers for young readers, we were dismayed—though not surprised—by Mathews’s assumption that “the books students choose to read are almost always fiction.” We frequently encounter adults who mistakenly believe that children think “Textbooks. Ugh,” as he writes, when they hear “nonfiction.”
We wish Mathews could accompany us on a school visit—live or virtual—because here’s what kids are actually saying:
“I like nonfiction because you gain knowledge. Then you ask more questions,” Asher, fourth grader.
“Nonfiction is better than fiction because it has real, helpful facts about life,” Kelsey, fourth grader

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