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Alfred Brophy is the author of Reparations Pro and Con, which talks about visits to slave cemeteries as one type of reparation for slavery. He is also a contributor to Oxford’s African American National Biography and author of Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921. In the article below he looks at the controversy over the right to visit Thomas Jefferson’s grave.
The latest controversy over Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings–the enslaved woman whom Jefferson owned and with whom he, presumably, had several children–erupted last summer when Jefferson descendants had a reunion. While the Hemings descendants came to the reunion, they were not permitted to visit Jefferson’s grave, near Jefferson’s home of Monticello. The cemetery is on land owned by some of Jefferson’s lineal descendants and managed by the Monticello Association. (more…)
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on 10/11/2007
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Today is National Coming Out Day and for all of you coming into your own I thought I would provide some useful resources. Below are some websites and books that should help your journey. Congratulations!
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When I was in high school my father had the unpleasant task of waking me in the morning. He would cajole me out of bed with promises of a freshly cooked breakfast, orange juice and the New York Times. Most days these bribes were successful because as hard as I tried to stay in bed, he was persistent. Below is some advice excerpted from Getting Your Child to Say “Yes” To School: A Guide For Parents of Youth with School Refusal Behavior by Christopher A. Kearney.
Some teenagers miss school because they have great trouble getting out of bed in the morning. If your client has this problem, then be sure she is getting plenty of sleep. The following will help: (more…)
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