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Ahh, the last assembly before Spring Break. For teachers at Burke, it’s always a rush to the mic to try to make important announcements. I was preparing to do a history department Women’s History Month homage to women’s suffragist Emmaline Pankhurst (arrested and force fed in prison too many times to count.) But, the Assembly time was already booked. The 8th grade band had 2 great songs (yah Flobots!) and math teacher Michelle J’s PowerPoint on her South African Fullbright Exchange year were fantastic highlights to the gathering. So, we’ll save the announcements for next time…
ps RIP John Hope Franklin, PhD, Congressional Medal of Honor ’95, first African-American department head of an historically white college (Brooklyn College), and author of the From Slavery to Freedom.