On June 11, 2009, we took our SUPER Emerging Scholars to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute to pair up with the Institute’s Legacy Youth Leadership program participants. We brought with us our lead scholars, Dr. Jacqueline Wood and Dr. Karen Gardiner, as well as Dr. Amalia Amaki, to share lessons in the humanities in conjunction [...]
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The topic of a major 2009 SUPER Teacher Institute is one that SUPER participants have consistently requested the past 7+ years I have served as manager of this program. The Institute, which runs June 28-July 3, will discuss “Slavery in Alabama: Public Amnesia and Historical Memory,” and is a partnership project of the Alabama Humanities [...]
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Napoleon Bonaparte, probably the foremost figure of the 19th Century, once cynically observed: “What is history but a fable agreed upon?” Sir Winston Churchill, arguably with Hitler the central figure of 20th-Century history, similarly said that “History is written by the victors.” Why, then, do many people today [...]
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“Bettersworth & Summersell.” It has a nice ring, doesn’t it? Sounds like an old line Montgomery law firm. Or Meridian or Tupelo, perhaps. Folks you would call upon to draw a deed, or to make your will. People of wisdom, of experience. Old-school professionals whom you would trust to handle your affairs.
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Next week, the Alabama Humanities Foundation will launch its newest program initiative, SUPER Emerging Scholars (SES). SES is a residential, pre-college, research and writing institute for rising high-school juniors and seniors that will be held on the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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The Alabama Humanities Foundation is pleased to announce the seventh annual Jenice Riley Memorial Scholarship, benefiting kindergarten through sixth-grade Social Studies teachers. This is a professional development opportunity for teachers to receive a $1,000 scholarship to enhance their teaching abilities. It is named for the late daughter of Bob and Patsy Riley as a means [...]
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