Making Curriculum Pop2024-03-29T12:34:57ZKatie Wisnoskyhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/KatieWisnoskyhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2790062014?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://mcpopmb.ning.com/group/americanliterature/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=2w8kytukwymny&feed=yes&xn_auth=noREFLECTION: ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ Launched a Revolutiontag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2020-03-31:2665237:Topic:1914062020-03-31T03:58:48.783ZKatie Wisnoskyhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/KatieWisnosky
<p>Great overview / reflection <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/published-50-years-ago-i-know-why-caged-bird-sings-launched-revolution-180973719/">article from Smithsonian Magazine</a> ...</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">“James Baldwin said Caged Bird 'liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.'”…</p>
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<p>Great overview / reflection <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/published-50-years-ago-i-know-why-caged-bird-sings-launched-revolution-180973719/">article from Smithsonian Magazine</a> ...</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">“James Baldwin said Caged Bird 'liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.'” <a href="https://t.co/IAykcFdIMz">https://t.co/IAykcFdIMz</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SmithsonianMag?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SmithsonianMag</a></p>
— Penguin Random House (@penguinrandom) <a href="https://twitter.com/penguinrandom/status/1215335175225135105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2020</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Maya Angelou’s breakthrough memoir forever changed American literature and helped carve a new space for black self-expression. <a href="https://t.co/yaLQMxbhKb">https://t.co/yaLQMxbhKb</a></p>
— Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) <a href="https://twitter.com/SmithsonianMag/status/1210779938845888512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 28, 2019</a></blockquote> TOONS: Artist Pokes Fun At Literature Classics In 30 Cartoonstag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-12-02:2665237:Topic:1909852019-12-02T02:59:14.021ZKatie Wisnoskyhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/KatieWisnosky
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Artist Pokes Fun At Literature Classics In 30 Cartoons <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/literature?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#literature</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/comics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#comics</a><a href="https://t.co/hFui6xb9wr">https://t.co/hFui6xb9wr</a></p>
— Bored Panda (@boredpanda)…</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Artist Pokes Fun At Literature Classics In 30 Cartoons <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/literature?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#literature</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/comics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#comics</a><a href="https://t.co/hFui6xb9wr">https://t.co/hFui6xb9wr</a></p>
— Bored Panda (@boredpanda) <a href="https://twitter.com/boredpanda/status/1192857188710178822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2019</a></blockquote> NEW DOC: "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am"tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-07-16:2665237:Topic:1897402019-07-16T05:30:21.606ZKatie Wisnoskyhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/KatieWisnosky
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">I wrote about the new documentary “The Pieces I Am” for <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheAtlantic</a>. <a href="https://t.co/lDbMKXKL8N">https://t.co/lDbMKXKL8N</a></p>
— Syreeta McFadden (@reetamac) <a href="https://twitter.com/reetamac/status/1143523598763773954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">I wrote about the new documentary “The Pieces I Am” for <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheAtlantic</a>. <a href="https://t.co/lDbMKXKL8N">https://t.co/lDbMKXKL8N</a></p>
— Syreeta McFadden (@reetamac) <a href="https://twitter.com/reetamac/status/1143523598763773954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2019</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">The critically-acclaimed <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ToniMorrisonFilm?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ToniMorrisonFilm</a> is now playing in more cities Showtimes: <a href="https://t.co/mmVo5ZwjI3">https://t.co/mmVo5ZwjI3</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ToniMorrison?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ToniMorrison</a> <a href="https://t.co/H16uOeZoJU">pic.twitter.com/H16uOeZoJU</a></p>
— Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (@ToniMorrison) <a href="https://twitter.com/ToniMorrison/status/1144751598645628928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2019</a></blockquote> LOST ESSAY: Langston Hughes Examines Chain Gangs + MLK 2027tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-07-13:2665237:Topic:1897342019-07-13T04:55:23.673ZKatie Wisnoskyhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/KatieWisnosky
<p>Stalin's government <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/what-would-compel-a-black-american-to-move-to-stalinist-russia/2013/08/15/dbee6a72-f3c1-11e2-a2f1-a7acf9bd5d3a_story.html?utm_term=.3158bd51b968" rel="noopener" target="_blank">was active reaching out to disenfranchised African-Americans</a>. Hughes was invited to Moscow on a cultural exchange. This essay came from that time period:</p>
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<p>Stalin's government <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/what-would-compel-a-black-american-to-move-to-stalinist-russia/2013/08/15/dbee6a72-f3c1-11e2-a2f1-a7acf9bd5d3a_story.html?utm_term=.3158bd51b968" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was active reaching out to disenfranchised African-Americans</a>. Hughes was invited to Moscow on a cultural exchange. This essay came from that time period:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">In 1933, the Harlem Renaissance star wrote a powerful essay about race. It has never been published in English—until now. <a href="https://t.co/kC6ZLym54f">https://t.co/kC6ZLym54f</a></p>
— Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) <a href="https://twitter.com/SmithsonianMag/status/1149864788186587136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
<p>Interesting sub-story in the context of the recent MLK revelations. We will know a fuller story about MLK in 2027 when the National Archives make the recordings available, but, ugh, this is a tough story - read a bunch of takes on it... starting with the article from King's most famous biographer published in the UK (because American papers wouldn't touch it).</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Martin Luther King Jr ‘watched and laughed’ as woman was raped, secret FBI recordings allege - read David Garrow's full investigation in June's Standpoint, out on Thursday and see why "MLK was the Harvey Weinstein of the civil rights movement" <a href="https://t.co/Y046Xy21if">https://t.co/Y046Xy21if</a></p>
— Standpoint Magazine (@StandpointMag) <a href="https://twitter.com/StandpointMag/status/1133381371920039936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Wall Street Journal Op-Ed by Lance Morrow in support of David Garrow's investigation of MLK & Standpoint's decision to publish when New York Times & Washigton Post would not<a href="https://t.co/VyE0ZaVYug">https://t.co/VyE0ZaVYug</a></p>
— Standpoint Magazine (@StandpointMag) <a href="https://twitter.com/StandpointMag/status/1140883335943794688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2019</a></blockquote>
<p><br/> Biography on <a href="https://20committee.com/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this source</a> for context</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">This week <a href="https://twitter.com/StandpointMag?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StandpointMag</a> published a bombshell report about FBI surveillance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Media attention has focused on MLK's sexual shenanigans. The real story is about counterintelligence, the Kremlin & KGB cash.<br/> <br/>
As I explain here.<a href="https://t.co/a5CwWHUWvL">https://t.co/a5CwWHUWvL</a></p>
— John Schindler (@20committee) <a href="https://twitter.com/20committee/status/1134834969728159744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">'Hoover's revenge': Information the FBI once hoped could destroy Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has been declassified — via <a href="https://twitter.com/ConversationUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ConversationUS</a> <a href="https://t.co/O8DxZfhktL">https://t.co/O8DxZfhktL</a></p>
— Politics Insider (@Politicsinsider) <a href="https://twitter.com/Politicsinsider/status/1134818681891033092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2019</a></blockquote>
<p><br/> We can hold off on final assessment on this until 2027.</p> OP-ED: What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us Nowtag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-06-21:2665237:Topic:1896772019-06-21T20:04:42.260ZKatie Wisnoskyhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/KatieWisnosky
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us Now <a href="https://t.co/YE87jWZgix">https://t.co/YE87jWZgix</a></p>
— Susan Barber (@susangbarber) <a href="https://twitter.com/susangbarber/status/1139131067292639232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us Now <a href="https://t.co/YE87jWZgix">https://t.co/YE87jWZgix</a></p>
— Susan Barber (@susangbarber) <a href="https://twitter.com/susangbarber/status/1139131067292639232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2019</a></blockquote> LIST: 10 Books Nesides ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ that Tackle Racial Injusticetag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-06-20:2665237:Topic:1894632019-06-20T17:51:57.386ZKatie Wisnoskyhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/KatieWisnosky
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/Josh_Barrage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Josh_Barrage</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/vicpasquantonio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vicpasquantonio</a> asked educators about a summer reading list for students. The overall top pick: <a href="https://twitter.com/angiecthomas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@angiecthomas</a> novels. <a href="https://t.co/NeSRwp0dt3">https://t.co/NeSRwp0dt3</a></p>
— PBS NewsHour…</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/Josh_Barrage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Josh_Barrage</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/vicpasquantonio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@vicpasquantonio</a> asked educators about a summer reading list for students. The overall top pick: <a href="https://twitter.com/angiecthomas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@angiecthomas</a> novels. <a href="https://t.co/NeSRwp0dt3">https://t.co/NeSRwp0dt3</a></p>
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) <a href="https://twitter.com/NewsHour/status/1140265670409633797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2019</a></blockquote> PRIMARY SOURCE: 500 Court Cases in which Enslaved Persons Sued to Gain Their Freedomtag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-06-10:2665237:Topic:1893102019-06-10T03:11:14.529ZKatie Wisnoskyhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/KatieWisnosky
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">"The Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln recently debuted an online database of more than 500 court cases in which enslaved persons had sued to gain their freedom." <a href="https://t.co/3ACs2KqAXC">https://t.co/3ACs2KqAXC</a></p>
— NCPH (@ncph) <a href="https://twitter.com/ncph/status/1133339395333992448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2019</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">"The Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln recently debuted an online database of more than 500 court cases in which enslaved persons had sued to gain their freedom." <a href="https://t.co/3ACs2KqAXC">https://t.co/3ACs2KqAXC</a></p>
— NCPH (@ncph) <a href="https://twitter.com/ncph/status/1133339395333992448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2019</a></blockquote> TOON: Fan Petitions (alternate endings)tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-06-09:2665237:Topic:1892902019-06-09T19:19:07.022ZKatie Wisnoskyhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/KatieWisnosky
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">‘Fan Petitions’ (for yesterday’s <a href="https://twitter.com/guardianreview?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@guardianreview</a>) <a href="https://t.co/pA183zQn2P">pic.twitter.com/pA183zQn2P</a></p>
— Tom Gauld (@tomgauld) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomgauld/status/1132589022654664704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">‘Fan Petitions’ (for yesterday’s <a href="https://twitter.com/guardianreview?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@guardianreview</a>) <a href="https://t.co/pA183zQn2P">pic.twitter.com/pA183zQn2P</a></p>
— Tom Gauld (@tomgauld) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomgauld/status/1132589022654664704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2019</a></blockquote> PROFILE: How Nnedi Okorafor is building the future of Sci-Fitag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-06-09:2665237:Topic:1891992019-06-09T18:59:33.686ZKatie Wisnoskyhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/KatieWisnosky
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Nnedi Okorafor is a friend and collaborator with George R. R. Martin and author of young-adult fiction, adult fiction, science fiction, Marvel comic books and a memoir.<br></br> <br></br> She's either the Next Big Thing or the Best New Old Thing You Still Haven’t Heard Of. <a href="https://t.co/uUpEhy6TXb">https://t.co/uUpEhy6TXb</a></p>
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune)…</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Nnedi Okorafor is a friend and collaborator with George R. R. Martin and author of young-adult fiction, adult fiction, science fiction, Marvel comic books and a memoir.<br/> <br/>
She's either the Next Big Thing or the Best New Old Thing You Still Haven’t Heard Of. <a href="https://t.co/uUpEhy6TXb">https://t.co/uUpEhy6TXb</a></p>
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) <a href="https://twitter.com/chicagotribune/status/1131622137763119106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2019</a></blockquote> PROFILE: Head of Hip-Hop @ Harvardtag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-06-08:2665237:Topic:1888632019-06-08T20:26:24.079ZKatie Wisnoskyhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/KatieWisnosky
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">This Woman Founded a Hip-Hop Headquarters at Harvard <a href="https://t.co/N8ANyrykty">https://t.co/N8ANyrykty</a></p>
— O The Oprah Magazine (@oprahmagazine) <a href="https://twitter.com/oprahmagazine/status/1121142620254887936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2019</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">This Woman Founded a Hip-Hop Headquarters at Harvard <a href="https://t.co/N8ANyrykty">https://t.co/N8ANyrykty</a></p>
— O The Oprah Magazine (@oprahmagazine) <a href="https://twitter.com/oprahmagazine/status/1121142620254887936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2019</a></blockquote>