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    Black History Month

    Covers of novels Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry and The Field Guide to the North American Teenager

    Black History Month: Death by Journal

    Okay—circle of trust here. After dropping my youngest child off at college all the way from San Antonio, Texas, to Lawrence, Kansas, at The...

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    Black History Month: Fits, Photos, and Happily Ever Afters

    Back when I taught at Southwest High School in San Antonio, Sharri Peterson, who dubbed herself my work wife, was my school spirit partner. Whenever...

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    Black History Month: The Friend You Need

    In just the past few weeks, I’ve seen two friends post on social media about their spirit animals. Neither of them is Native American. Recently,...

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    Students talking together at ashared table. One has a laptop open and the other two have textbooks and notebooks open.

    Black History Month: African American Experiences Post-Civil War

    In honor of Black History Month, I have created a lesson that can be used for students to learn (or review what they have learned) about African...

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    Black History Month: He Sees Dead People

    My mother tells this story of being so exhausted that she couldn’t get up to rock my older brother, her first child, back to sleep in the middle of...

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    Black History Month

    Dear Son, (A Black History Month Mini-Lesson)

    On December 20, four days after his semester finished, my youngest son flew home for Christmas break. On December 29, he flew back—19 days before his...

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