While in Chicago, I took a tour around the Obama Presidential Center. I can’t wait for you all to visit in June 2026. Here’s a sneak peek:

In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK

As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.

These times call for us to teach children #youth to use their #voice #moxie
Read Sariah’s Big Day!

You can become a member of the National African American History and Culture Museum.

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Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.

We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.

ICYMI~ my last three books are impacting change in classrooms across the nation. Consider adding these to your professional library and to your school library. Contact me for info re: PD or book studies
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#GiftednessKnowsNoBoundaries