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Big Idea: How Should We Honor Someone's Military Service?
Listening to and engaging with veterans about their military experience is the most meaningful way to thank someone for their service.
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Big Idea: Seeing the World Through the Eyes of Gordon Parks
Kirk Sharp shares the story of Fort Scott-native Gordon Parks and how he captured the inequalities of American life in the mid-1900s through iconic images of the civil rights movement and segregation.
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Pandemic, Interracial Strife, and the Saving Grace of Humanities
John Edgar Tidwell writes, "As we weather the current pandemic and interracial strife, we should turn to humanities’ inherent saving grace."
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It’s Time to Tell the Stories of African American Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship is an aspect of the historic and contemporary African American experience that remains relatively understudied by historians. Dr. Robert E. Weems, Jr., sheds light on this phenomenon.
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Big Idea: Images from the Mind of a Bi-Racial Black Woman
Inspired by Gordon Parks, Ann Dean wields the camera as her weapon to tell the truth, share stories, and communicate her worldview. She challenges others to find their own weapon of choice to tell their stories.
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Big Idea: It's Time to Change the Way We Talk About Immigrants
Too often in the past, information about various immigrant groups shared by the mainstream media relied on harmful stereotypes and played up fears and anxieties. The negative narratives continue today.
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Changing How We Talk About the Civil Rights Movement
Too often in the past, information about various immigrant groups shared by the mainstream media relied on harmful stereotypes and played up fears and anxieties. The negative narratives continue today.
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The Heart of the Matter: The Role of Humanities
Too often in the past, information about various immigrant groups shared by the mainstream media relied on harmful stereotypes and played up fears and anxieties. The negative narratives continue today.
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Writing for the Event: Bring Back the Occasional Poem
Too often in the past, information about various immigrant groups shared by the mainstream media relied on harmful stereotypes and played up fears and anxieties. The negative narratives continue today.
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Big Idea Q&A with Clarence Lang
Too often in the past, information about various immigrant groups shared by the mainstream media relied on harmful stereotypes and played up fears and anxieties. The negative narratives continue today.
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