In Part I, we learned about George Washington Carver’s early years, from his birth to a slave in Missouri through his early education. We left during his teen years, as he finds a ride with the Smith family to find more schooling, and hopefully, more opportunities, in Fort Scott, Kansas. This brilliant mini-biography by Cheri […]
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The reaction of white America to the Black Lives Matter campaign is more than disappointing. The reaction of the right wing, however, strains credulity. It takes a special kind of crazy to categorize a movement that is tired of racial profiling and police brutality as a national attack on cops. If a couple of people
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Sometimes the mystery is more about the name of something than it is about the item itself. The “Cultural Crossroads” section of the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum features some beautiful pouches, or parfleches, which were made by Native Americans who never used that word to name them. “Parfléche” is a word made up by French
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To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. –Frederick Douglass It’s unfortunate that college students all across America are waging a war against the First Amendment. For fear of getting their feelings hurt, these students have banded together to stop others
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This brilliant mini-biography of George Washington Carver by Cheri Colburn first appeared in Greenwoman #2. It’s available in that issue, or in its entirety as an ebook on Amazon.com. –Sandra Knauf * * * For weeks now I’ve been asking my (mostly white, mostly well-educated) friends what they know about George Washington Carver. Nearly every response
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