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7 Things: Spock on Spock -- video.NEWSWEEK.com
Life always give us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor, every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every breath. Every moment is the guru.
Charlotte Joko Beck (via emotional-algebra)
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The Most Important Woman in the History of Mathematics
A Very Short Fact: On this day in 1865, The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The amendment outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude, and was the first constitutional amendment in 60 years. It was the first of three Reconstruction Amendments that followed the American Civil War.
“The Thirteenth Amendment ended slavery, but it did not set things right. Following emancipation, African Americans waged profound struggles to make their freedom meaningful. Some set out on the roads or placed advertisements in newspapers to search for family members from whom they had been forcibly separated during slavery. Black communities, sometimes with help from the federal government’s Freedmen’s Bureau and missionary teachers from northern denominations, established schools for both children and adults. Freed people established independent churches free from white supervision, and they often housed schools in the sanctuaries. Some freed people established businesses. African Americans advocated in state legislatures for the right to serve on juries, the right to testify in court against whites, and most importantly, the right to vote.”
[P. 115-American Slavery: A Very Short Introduction by Heather Andrea Williams]
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Image credit: Harper’s Weekly cartoon depicting celebration in the House of Representatives after adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment by Internet Archive. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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He loved chivalrie, Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisie.
The Canterbury Tales ‘The General Prologue’ l. 45
On this day in 1397, Geoffrey Chaucer told The Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II.
Image credit: Geoffrey Chaucer. 17th century. Government Art Collection. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
