"Not Black Like Me" will appeal to those interested in the late 30s-mid 40s when jazz was at its peak in popularity. However, when a black group of Dixieland jazz musicians from New Orleans performed in the South along with a 13 year old white musician who made believe he was black, many problems arose, some of them life threatening. Along the way, the white musician began taking photos and one of the pictures was of a KKKer with his head piece off. Eventually, this man was touted to be the next VP of the US but he realized that the white kid who had taken his picture had to be silenced and...
"Not Black Like Me" will appeal to those interested in the late 30s-mid 40s when jazz was at its peak in popularity. However, when a black group of Di...
In school, but locked out: 13 youth, each with fewer than 10 productive words to use to build their relationship with families, teachers, and friends. That is, until they were introduced to the System for Augmenting Language, or SAL. In a wonderful meshing of science and the real world, this remarkable book chronicles the process of language learning through augmented means for people who have significant difficulty acquiring spoken language. In engaging storytelling style, speech-language pathologist Romski and psychologist Sevcik describe how they carried their research from language lab to...
In school, but locked out: 13 youth, each with fewer than 10 productive words to use to build their relationship with families, teachers, and friends....
