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Author Archives: Corky Wicks
This Former Teacher Started a Side Hustle That Made More Than $22,000 in One Month: ‘I Have Never Been More Fulfilled’
Tara Laczynski leveraged Outschool to transform her passion for teaching math into a lucrative side gig. Read more…
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Students From Underrepresented Groups Fuel Enrollment Growth in Higher Education
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center has released a new report on higher education enrollments. Undergraduate enrollment grew for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic this fall with an increase of 2.1 percent. Community colleges are starting to … Continue reading
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Rural Health Is Important
Rural Americans face numerous health disparities compared with their urban counterparts. More than 46 million Americans, or 15 percent of the U.S. population, live in rural areas as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Read more…
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1950
Althea Gibson becomes first African American on U.S. tennis tour On August 22, 1950, officials of the United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) accept Althea Gibson into their annual championship at Forest Hills, New York, making her the first African American player to … Continue reading
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The Original Black Panthers Fought in the 761st Tank Battalion During WWII
These African American heroes battled the Nazis, but were still treated as second-class citizens in their home country. Read more…
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The Florida Way: Diversity Without Affirmative Action
By Samuel J. Abrams | Ray Rodrigues RealClearEducation August 07, 2023 FacebookTwitterLinkedIn Federalism is one of our nation’s greatest virtues; states’ discretion to pursue their own policies is a hallmark of the American republic. And state schools offer potent examples of how states … Continue reading
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Backyard Cookout Recipes
Despite the nationwide disagreement about which barbecue style is best depending on which state you’re from, there is one thing we can all agree on: Plain old pulled pork – or hamburgers and hotdogs – would be nothing without a band of … Continue reading
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Country’s oldest baseball stadium to host game honoring Willie Mays
MLB said Tuesday it is staging the game around the Juneteenth holiday, which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in Texas in 1865. Read more…
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Chuck Cooper becomes first African American selected in NBA draft
On April 25, 1950, the Boston Celtics make Chuck Cooper, an All-American forward from Duquesne University, the first African American picked in NBA draft. With the selection, the first pick in the second round, Cooper breaks the NBA’s color barrier … Continue reading
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Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record
On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s legendary record of 714 homers. A crowd of 53,775 people, the largest in the history of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, was with Aaron that night … Continue reading
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