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May.04.2013
I participated in the College Board conference Dream Deferred: The Future of African American Education.This was a powerful, awesome, and unbelievable conference. Educators, students and others discussed, brainstormed, engaged, networked, and collaborated. The...
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Sep.28.2011
This was me in the 70's. Oh how I miss those days when we fought for righteousness and justice. I said it out loud, " I 'm Black and I'm proud."
Writers, singers and actors also reached down deep within their souls to express themselves and sent...
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Aug.14.2011
I recently read the novel the Help by Kathryn Stockett and also viewed the film. The novel took me on a journey to my past in growing up in Louisiana and being a victim of racism. The maids' stories were cathartic for me. I also was inspired by Kathryn Stockett's personal...
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Jun.15.2011
I love the writing process, especially imagining the unimaginable. When I feel the process of promoting my writing hinders my creativity, I remember the quote, "Never, Ever, Give up." I write for only one reason; I love it.
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We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how.
And we stand on the top of the mountain
Free from within ourselves.
”
—Langston Hughes
About Sandra
SANDRA M. REED is a veteran teacher in the Chicago Public Schools. She earned her Bachelor's degree in English and Drama Education from Dillard University in Louisiana and has taken graduate courses at the University of Illinois, De Paul University and...
Sandra’s Favorite Books
Devil and the White City; Bible; The Fountainhead; Martin Luther King Jr., On Leadership; A Confederacy of Dunces; Kite Runner; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...