Cory Branan is your artist of the week. Cory Branan is an American singer-songwriter who was born in Southaven, Mississippi. In his early 20’s he began to explore the music of John Prine; a move which urged him to pick up a guitar and start writing songs. In 2000, the Memphis chapter of NARAS awarded…
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Mr. McClung has asked us to write a blog post about Jim Crow Laws and the Supreme Court Cases. I have chosen to pick the case of Plessy VS. Ferguson also known as ” seprate but equal “. The case of Plessy VS. Ferguson was after the American Civil War during the Reconstruction period. This…
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Mr. McClung has asked me to summarize and state my opinions on this case. On June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy boarded an all white railroad car. Plessy had white skin and was seven eighths white, but according to a statute put in act two years earlier, he was breaking the law for riding in a…
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Today, Mr. McClung asked us to write a blog post on a court case’s events, court ruling, and impact on the rest of society. I chose to write about the Plessy vs. Ferguson case. Basically, a man 7/8 white and 1/8 black who had white skin tried to sit on an all white railroad car….
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This assignment was assigned to me by Mr. McClung. It is about a court trial on segregation. The segregated black schools of Farmville, Virginia were lacking the basic essentials. The teachers didn’t have a bathroom, the classrooms didn’t have white boards or desks, the school…
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Mr McClung had us write an essay/paper on a law suit taken place ini the early 1900’s or late 1800’s that involved something about racisim, or segregation. We did this because our history class is about to start learning about Jim Crow Laws and the KKK and things that were bias against blacks and went…
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5th period taking their first shot at my hair. Students that donated money to The Race for The Cure were given first dibs on cutting my hair. The moment Jared has been waiting for…the sideburns must go. Mr. McClung
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The “buzz” heard around the world…3rd period has their way with my hair. The shaving continues and my reseeding hairline does too. Mr. McClung
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The day is finally here…after over a month of me talking to no end about The Race for the Cure and the day of the shave finally arrived today. My students have been immersed in a fundraising effort for over a month with all of the money that they raise going to Susan G. Komen…
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This entry was originally posted back in February, but in light of Jamie Oliver’s new show I felt like it was appropriate to repost…enjoy! Recently Mr. Lamshed featured this video of Jamie Oliver on his blog. The video was in response to their weekly “Fresh Fruit Friday”, this is a weekly event where his students…
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