A Massacre Happened In New York City In The Summer Of 1863, But Nobody Seems To Know About It – Gothamist

Source: A Massacre Happened In New York City In The Summer Of 1863, But Nobody Seems To Know About It – Gothamist

Dr. G. Round Robin: 5 Reasons Critical Media Literacy is Important in the 21st Century — Educating for Future Democracy Collaborative

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

Fourteen years ago, Kellner and Share (2007) offered this definition of critical media literacy (CML): Critical media literacy is an educational response that expands the notion of literacy to include different forms of mass communication, popular culture, and new technologies. It deepens the potential of literacy education to critically analyze relationships between media and audiences, […]

5 Reasons Critical Media Literacy is Important in the 21st Century — Educating for Future Democracy Collaborative

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Doctors Say Texas Leaders Failed To Stop COVID-19 From Spreading – Houston Public Media

Texas schools have amassed more than 50,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in students in just a couple of weeks. More than a dozen school districts have closed temporarily as a result of the disease, and Texas is a leader in child deaths from COVID-19 with 59 as of Sept. 3. Source: Doctors Say Texas Leaders Failed To Stop COVID-19 From Spreading – Houston Public Media

Significant to Me.

The BUTHIDARS

Each one of us has songs that are significant to us for one reason or another and that when played can transport us to the where and when they first wove their magic or recorded the tragic. If you know exactly what I’m talking about it would be great to know what music does this for you whether or not you want to share the reasons why. This first one is from 1994 and is a classic track from the Stax label.

William Bell and Judy Clay. Private Number.

From 1971 we see what might have been the start of my Reggae period because of the wording of this particular song.

Greyhound Black and White

On the same lines, from 1972 a giant of the Reggae scene who unfortunately passed away in 2020. Amazingly, Nash was born in Texas and started his life singing in a Baptist choir. Jamaica’s loss…

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