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March 10 Woman of the Day: Hallie Quinn Brown

Hallie Quinn Brown is March 10 Woman of the Day.  An educator, elocutionist, she will pioneer the movement for black women’s clubs in the United States.  More information about this pioneering woman can be found here:

Additional sources: About. com: http://womenshistory.about.com/od/aframer18631900/p/hallie_brown.htm

Hallie Quinn Brown Center: http://www.hallieqbrown.org/1099.html

Voices from the Gap, University of Minnesota: http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/brownHallie.php

Sage Publications: http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/11830_Chapter3.pdf

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Happy Birthday Ralph Waldo Ellison!

Ralph Waldo Ellison, the author of the classic book Invisible Man was born on March 1.  Information on this author can be found by clicking on the following links:

Library of Congress. Type Ralph Ellison in the search box and view hundreds of primary resources on this author at http://loc.gov

PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/ralph-ellison/an-american-journey/587/

NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9977702

Lesson plans/activities on Invisible Man

Random House: http://www.randomhouse.com/highschool/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679732761&view=tg

PBS: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/lessons_plans/ralph-ellisons-invisible-man/ 

Ms. Effie’s LifeSavers for Teachers: http://mseffie.com/AP/Invisible%20Man.pdf

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Happy Birthday, W.E.B. Du Bois and Haki Madhubuti!

February 23 is the birthday of two famous literary people: W.E.B. Du Bois and Haki Madhubuti.

Information about W.E.B. Du Bois is available by clicking on the links below:

http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/profiles/d/web-du-bois.html

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/dubois/

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?subcategory=42

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/172481/W-E-B-Du-Bois

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people_dubois.html

Information about Haki Madhubuti is available by clicking on the links below:

http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/484

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102593652

http://www.howard.edu/library/reference/guides/madhubuti/default.htm