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4 days ago · It is the first instalment in the Harry Potter film series. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, with Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger. Its story follows Harry's first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as he discovers that he is a famous wizard and begins his formal wizarding education.
1 day ago · Frederick Douglass - Narrative of Frederick Douglass. Bayard Rustin - Time on Two Crosses. Michel De Montaigne - Complete Essays. Winifred Watson - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. R.C. Sherriff - Fortnight in September. DE Stevenson - Miss Buncle's Book. Tessa Norton & Bob Stanley - Excavate!: The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
16 hours ago · Amateur Era. Lottie Dod was a five-time champion and is the youngest ever winner of the ladies' singles championships (15 years and 285 days). Charlotte Cooper Sterry was a five-time champion and is the oldest ladies' singles champion (37 year and 282 days). Dorothea Lambert Chambers was a seven-time champion between 1903 and 1914.
16 hours ago · Hancock was singled out for criticism June 24 by protesters. She began her closing remarks Monday with an excerpt from an 1852 speech by abolitionist writer and orator Frederick Douglass in which Douglass discusses the significance of the Fourth of July holiday for Black slaves.
2 days ago · African American parents, educators, and authors have long cared about, discussed, and written literature for African American children, despite various barriers to this genre of literary production. 1 In her 1922 essay “Negro Literature for Negro Pupils,” author, editor, activist, and educator Alice Dunbar-Nelson discussed the importance of African American children’s literature.
5 days ago · Frederick Douglass and His Family (Full Bio) Listen. Download. Embed. July 4, 2024. Summary Transcript. [REBROADCAST FROM February 24, 2021] In the fourth installment of our February “Full Bio” series, we look at Frederick Douglass’s family and friendships.
5 days ago · July 4, 2024. Summary Transcript. [REBROADCAST FROM February 25, 2021] For the fifth installment of February’s “Full Bio” series, historian David W. Blight discusses Frederick Douglass’s political work fighting for abolition and suffrage.
