Chester Pierce broke racial barriers when, in 1947, he joined his Harvard football team to play against the University of Virginia. At that time, black people were not allowed to sit at lunch counters, they had to use separate entrances, and they weren't allowed to play college football against white players. Chester's team didn't care about those laws. Amid dropped jaws, jeering, and booing, Chester played, and his teammates foll ...
Mis on aja ja ruumi olemus? Kus asume meie kosmoses?Kuidas avaldub kosmos meis endis?Neile olulistele kusimustele pakub vastust tunnustatud astrofuusik ja menuteoste autor Neil deGrasse Tyson.Vahestel inimestel on meie paevil mahti kosmost pohjalikumalt tundma oppida. Tyson kirjeldab meile selle olemust ja arengut ning astrofuusika ajalugu neis luhikestes ja ladusates peatukkides, mille lugemiseks on kerge aega leida ka tanapaeva kiire elutempo ...
Immigration Stories–A Fight for Justice and Freedom If you liked The Book of Awesome Women by Becca Anderson, Dear Americ a by Jose Antonio Vargas, or American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrara, you’ll love Unsung America . Positive and heroic stories . Far too often, immigrants are demonized and scapegoated, when they should be celebrated as heroes a ...
In 1897 a young man named Solomon fell in love with and married a beautiful young woman named Anna. They lived in Russia, which was dangerous at that time for a Jewish family, so Solomon moved to the United States, where he worked and saved until he had enough money to send Anna a ticket for the voyage across the ocean. But when Solomon went to meet Anna's ship, Anna's younger brother was waiting for him. Solomon took in her brother an ...
As Rick Hansen wheels around the globe on his incredible Man in Motion World Tour, the children he meets are encouraged to dream their own dreams and work to make them come true. Readers also discover little-known facts about the great journey. They learn that Rick wheeled the equivalent of three marathons a day and went through 94 pairs of gloves. And they learn about the gift of a song that Rick and his team sang or hummed mile after mile. The ...
