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On March 11, 2008, an English teacher at Perry Meridian High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, Connie Heermann, was suspended for a year and a half without pay for using the Freedom Writers Diary in her classroom against the wishes of the school board. [2] [3] Administrators objected to racial slurs and sexual content in portions of the book. [4]
Elizabeth Ann Eckford (born October 4, 1941) [1] is an American civil rights activist and one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at the previously all-white Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Carlotta Walls LaNier (née Walls; born December 18, 1942) is the youngest of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. She was the first black female to graduate from Central High School.
At age 7, Rolihlahla became the first person in his family to go to school. On the first day, as per custom, the teacher gave each student an English name. He became Nelson Mandela.
An autobiographical comic (also autobio, graphic memoir, [1] or autobiocomic [2]) is an autobiography in the form of comic books or comic strips. The form first became popular in the underground comix movement and has since become more widespread. It is currently most popular in Canadian, American and French comics; all artists listed below are ...
First Kill: A Fighter Pilot's Autobiography: 1981 William R. Dunn: Fighter Pilot: The First American Ace of World War II: 1982 Robert Mason: Chickenhawk [g] 1983 Charles R. Bond Jr. A Flying Tiger's Diary: 1984 Duke Cunningham: Fox Two: The Story of America's First Ace in Vietnam: 1984 Gerhard Neumann: Herman the German: Enemy Alien U.S. Army ...
Leonard Covello (November 26, 1887 – August 19, 1982) was an Italian-born American educator, most known as the founder and first principal of the Benjamin Franklin High School and for his work on behalf of the children of Italian and Puerto Rican immigrants.
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