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Putting honor back into the able
"These are all our children, we will profit by or pay for whatever they become"
Pictured are Director Christian and some of the teens from the Boys and Girls Club of Newark who participated in Honorable and Impressionable's African-American history month 4 week program for the teens.
H & I's Home office
Honorable and Impressionable LLC's Director in front of our home office at 59 Market Street in Newark, New Jersey.
Either at our home office, your local library (Springfield branch in Newark or the Central library in Brooklyn) or at your home, we understand that students need a quiet and comfortable space to concentrate and focus so they may complete homework, projects and study sessions efficiently and effectively. Honorable and Impressionable LLC can provide students with different but safe working environments they will not only appreciate and enjoy but also take care of their homework and after school assignments free from distracts. We also have available workshops space too! Call for appointments and scheduling for time slots for your young scholars today!
Healthy food options for school-age students &
Nutrition labels and facts in foods we need to know!
Nutrition labels and facts in foods we need to know!
Educating our youth/students how to eat to live and not to live to eat
Free Summer Meals for Kids and Teens
The USDA and the American Dairy Association Northeast is providing free breakfast and lunch for school age children 18 and younger during the summer at no cost. To find a nearby site please call 866-348-6479 or go to www.fns.usda.gov/summerfoodrocks
Nutrition and healthy food options for school children that you need to know.
Adolescent and teenage boys & girls need to maintain a balanced diet, in particular, eating enough foods rich in calcium and iron for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Calcium is important for building healthy bones. Girls build their bones from puberty until their late twenties and on average need 1300 mg of calcium everyday. Iron is another nutrition source for teenage girls who need about 15mg of iron each day. Good sources of iron include red meat, legumes (beans), egg yokes, green leafy vegetables and fortified cereals. Lastly, Sugar sweetened and flavored drinks are not a necessary part of a healthy diet. Students must be knowledgeable and aware of the differences between fruit juices and flavored drinks. To stay properly hydrated one needs to give their body a certain amount of fluids every day to stay at optimal alert levels during the school day. This includes water, fruit juice and milk. Visit the site @ www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au
Making Healthy Food Choices
How can you ensure that your child is well nourished? Here are some guiding principles to keep in mind when planning and preparing meals for the family, based on recommendations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Your child should consume a variety of foods from the five major food. Each food group supplies important nutrients, including vitamins and minerals.
These five groups and typical minimum servings are:
Fiber is a carbohydrate component of plant foods that is usually un-digestible. It is found in foods like fruits, vegetables, whole-grain breads, cereals, brown rice, beans, seeds, and nuts.
Your child requires protein for the proper growth and functioning of his body, including building new tissues and producing antibodies that help battle infections. Without essential amino acids (the building blocks of protein), children would be much more susceptible to serious diseases.
Protein-rich plants—such as dried beans and peas (legumes), grains, seeds, and nuts—can be used as valuable sources of protein. Other protein-rich foods include meat, fish, milk, yogurt, cheese, and eggs. These animal products contain high-quality protein and a full array of amino acids.
Bear in mind, however, that red meat and shellfish are not only rich in protein and an important source of iron but are high in fat and cholesterol as well. Thus, your child should consume them only in moderate amounts. Select lean cuts of meat and trim the fat before cooking. Likewise, remove skin from poultry before serving.
Fat
Humans cannot live without fats. They are a concentrated source of energy, providing essential fatty acids that are necessary for a variety of bodily processes (metabolism, blood clotting, and vitamin absorption).
However, high fat intake—particularly a diet high in saturated fats—can cause problems. Saturated fats are usually solid at room temperatures and are found in fatty meats (such as beef, pork, ham, veal, and lamb) and many dairy products (whole milk, cheese, and ice cream). They can contribute to the buildup of atherosclerotic plaques and lead to coronary artery disease later in life. A diet rich in saturated fats also can increase blood cholesterol, particularly in people who have inherited a tendency toward high cholesterol levels.
Some parents find the information about various types of fat confusing. In general, oils and fats derived from animal origin are saturated. The simplest place to start is merely to reduce the amount of fatty foods of all types in your family's diet. See How to Reduce Fat and Cholesterol in Your Child's Diet.
Sugar
Keep your child's sugar consumption at moderate levels. Sugar has plenty of calories, but dietitians often call them empty calories because they have very little additional nutritional value. Even so, many children consume sugar in great quantities, usually at the expense of healthier foods—that is, when children drink sodas, they are usually leaving the milk in the refrigerator; when they eat a brownie, they may be overlooking the bowl of fruit, a good source of complex carbohydrates, on the kitchen table.
Salt
Table salt, or sodium chloride, may improve the taste of certain foods. However, researchers have found a relationship between dietary salt and high blood pressure in some individuals and population groups.
Because of the preservative properties of salt, processed foods often contain large amounts of it. Salt-rich foods may include processed cheese, instant puddings, canned vegetables, canned soups, hot dogs, cottage cheese, salad dressings, pickles, and potato chips and other snacks.
For any other additional information for food choices for school children please go to HealthyChildren.org:
How Safe are color additives?
The FDA regulates color additives used in food and dietary supplements marked in the United States and the FDA is also responsible for making sure all foods containing color additives are safe for consumption, contain only approved ingredients and are properly labeled. Color additives are used in foods to:
*Offset color loss due to exposure to light, air, temperature extremes, moisture or storage conditions.
*Make natural variations in color look more uniform
*Enhance colors that occur naturally
*Provide color to colorless and "fun" foods, like those brightly colored popsicles that are perfect for beating the summer heat.
Food coloring or color additive is any dye, pigment or substance that imparts color when it is added to any food or drink. They come in many forms consisting of liquids, powders, gels and pastes.
Top 10 Toxic Kids Cereals
"When it came to the listing “most toxic” cereals, we faced a challenge. Should we list those with the most sugar? The most dangerous levels of vitamin? Dyes? BHT? We could go on forever, but I checked some current ingredients and believe these are some of the worst offenders and why. All of these use extrusion processing, contain GMOs and are fortified. Sugars listed are the amount for 1 serving size in grams."
Toxic Ingredients in Kids Cereals
Free Summer Meals for Kids and Teens
The USDA and the American Dairy Association Northeast is providing free breakfast and lunch for school age children 18 and younger during the summer at no cost. To find a nearby site please call 866-348-6479 or go to www.fns.usda.gov/summerfoodrocks
Nutrition and healthy food options for school children that you need to know.
Adolescent and teenage boys & girls need to maintain a balanced diet, in particular, eating enough foods rich in calcium and iron for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Calcium is important for building healthy bones. Girls build their bones from puberty until their late twenties and on average need 1300 mg of calcium everyday. Iron is another nutrition source for teenage girls who need about 15mg of iron each day. Good sources of iron include red meat, legumes (beans), egg yokes, green leafy vegetables and fortified cereals. Lastly, Sugar sweetened and flavored drinks are not a necessary part of a healthy diet. Students must be knowledgeable and aware of the differences between fruit juices and flavored drinks. To stay properly hydrated one needs to give their body a certain amount of fluids every day to stay at optimal alert levels during the school day. This includes water, fruit juice and milk. Visit the site @ www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au
Making Healthy Food Choices
How can you ensure that your child is well nourished? Here are some guiding principles to keep in mind when planning and preparing meals for the family, based on recommendations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Your child should consume a variety of foods from the five major food. Each food group supplies important nutrients, including vitamins and minerals.
These five groups and typical minimum servings are:
- Vegetables: 3-5 servings per day. A serving may consist of 1 cup of raw leafy vegetables, 3/4 cup of vegetable juice, or 1/2 cup of other vegetables, chopped raw or cooked.
- Fruits: 2-4 servings per day. A serving may consist of 1/2 cup of sliced fruit, 3/4 cup of fruit juice, or a medium-size whole fruit, like an apple, banana, or pear.
- Bread, cereal, or pasta: 6-11 servings per day. Each serving should equal 1 slice of bread, 1/2 cup of rice or pasta, or 1 ounce of cereal.
- Protein foods: 2-3 servings of 2-3 ounces of cooked lean meat, poultry, or fish per day. A serving in this group may also consist of 1/2 cup of cooked dry beans, one egg, or 2 tablespoons of peanut butter for each ounce of lean meat.
- Dairy products: 2-3 servings per day of 1 cup of low-fat milk or yogurt, or 1 1/2 ounces of natural cheese.
Fiber is a carbohydrate component of plant foods that is usually un-digestible. It is found in foods like fruits, vegetables, whole-grain breads, cereals, brown rice, beans, seeds, and nuts.
- In adults: Increased fiber has been linked with a reduction of chronic gastrointestinal problems, including colon cancer, irritable bowel syndrome, and diverticulitis.
- In children: Fiber's only proven benefit is its ability to ease constipation—providing bulk that can promote regular frequency of bowel movements, soften the stools, and decrease the time it takes food to travel through the intestines. However, since food preferences and eating habits may be established early in life, and since high-fiber foods contain other nutrients, parents should include these foods in children's daily diets. See Kids Need Fiber: Here's Why and How.
Your child requires protein for the proper growth and functioning of his body, including building new tissues and producing antibodies that help battle infections. Without essential amino acids (the building blocks of protein), children would be much more susceptible to serious diseases.
Protein-rich plants—such as dried beans and peas (legumes), grains, seeds, and nuts—can be used as valuable sources of protein. Other protein-rich foods include meat, fish, milk, yogurt, cheese, and eggs. These animal products contain high-quality protein and a full array of amino acids.
Bear in mind, however, that red meat and shellfish are not only rich in protein and an important source of iron but are high in fat and cholesterol as well. Thus, your child should consume them only in moderate amounts. Select lean cuts of meat and trim the fat before cooking. Likewise, remove skin from poultry before serving.
Fat
Humans cannot live without fats. They are a concentrated source of energy, providing essential fatty acids that are necessary for a variety of bodily processes (metabolism, blood clotting, and vitamin absorption).
However, high fat intake—particularly a diet high in saturated fats—can cause problems. Saturated fats are usually solid at room temperatures and are found in fatty meats (such as beef, pork, ham, veal, and lamb) and many dairy products (whole milk, cheese, and ice cream). They can contribute to the buildup of atherosclerotic plaques and lead to coronary artery disease later in life. A diet rich in saturated fats also can increase blood cholesterol, particularly in people who have inherited a tendency toward high cholesterol levels.
- After age two: Children should be served foods that are lower in fat and saturated fats. Chances are that your child's favorite foods are higher in fat than is desirable. Prudent eating means relying more on low-fat, low-cholesterol foods like poultry, fish, and lean meat (broiled, baked, or roasted; not fried), soft margarine (instead of butter), low-fat dairy products, and low-saturated-fat oils from vegetables, while limiting egg consumption.
Some parents find the information about various types of fat confusing. In general, oils and fats derived from animal origin are saturated. The simplest place to start is merely to reduce the amount of fatty foods of all types in your family's diet. See How to Reduce Fat and Cholesterol in Your Child's Diet.
Sugar
Keep your child's sugar consumption at moderate levels. Sugar has plenty of calories, but dietitians often call them empty calories because they have very little additional nutritional value. Even so, many children consume sugar in great quantities, usually at the expense of healthier foods—that is, when children drink sodas, they are usually leaving the milk in the refrigerator; when they eat a brownie, they may be overlooking the bowl of fruit, a good source of complex carbohydrates, on the kitchen table.
Salt
Table salt, or sodium chloride, may improve the taste of certain foods. However, researchers have found a relationship between dietary salt and high blood pressure in some individuals and population groups.
- High blood pressure afflicts about 25% of adult Americans and contributes to heart attacks and strokes.
Because of the preservative properties of salt, processed foods often contain large amounts of it. Salt-rich foods may include processed cheese, instant puddings, canned vegetables, canned soups, hot dogs, cottage cheese, salad dressings, pickles, and potato chips and other snacks.
For any other additional information for food choices for school children please go to HealthyChildren.org:
How Safe are color additives?
The FDA regulates color additives used in food and dietary supplements marked in the United States and the FDA is also responsible for making sure all foods containing color additives are safe for consumption, contain only approved ingredients and are properly labeled. Color additives are used in foods to:
*Offset color loss due to exposure to light, air, temperature extremes, moisture or storage conditions.
*Make natural variations in color look more uniform
*Enhance colors that occur naturally
*Provide color to colorless and "fun" foods, like those brightly colored popsicles that are perfect for beating the summer heat.
Food coloring or color additive is any dye, pigment or substance that imparts color when it is added to any food or drink. They come in many forms consisting of liquids, powders, gels and pastes.
Top 10 Toxic Kids Cereals
"When it came to the listing “most toxic” cereals, we faced a challenge. Should we list those with the most sugar? The most dangerous levels of vitamin? Dyes? BHT? We could go on forever, but I checked some current ingredients and believe these are some of the worst offenders and why. All of these use extrusion processing, contain GMOs and are fortified. Sugars listed are the amount for 1 serving size in grams."
- Kellogg’s Fruit Loops: Sugar, hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, modified food starch, annatto, BHT, artificial dyes including red #40, 10g of sugar. Fruit Loops with Marshmallows contains 13g.
- Kellogg’s Corn Pops: Sugar and molasses, hydrogenated vegetable oils, annatto, BHT, 9g of sugar.
- Kellogg’s Apple Jacks: Sugar, partially and fully hydrogenated vegetable oils, modified food starch, modified corn starch, artificial dyes including red #40, BHT, 10g of sugar.
- Kellogg’s Honey Smacks: Sugar, honey and dextrose, partially and fully hydrogenated vegetable oils, soy lecithin, BHT and topping our list with a whopping 15g of sugar.
- General Mills Lucky Charms: Sugar, corn syrup and dextrose, modified corn starch, trisodium phosphate, artificial dyes including red #40, artificial flavor, 10g of sugar.
- General Mills Boo Berry/Count Chocula/Franken Berry: Sugar, dextrose and corn syrup, modified corn starch, canola oil, BHT, trisodium phosphate, artificial flavor, artificial dyes including red #40, artificial flavor, 9g of sugar.
- General Mills Trix: Sugar, corn syrup, BHT, trisodium phosphate, artificial dyes including red #40, 10g of sugar.
- Post Foods Fruity Pebbles: Sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oils, BHA, artificial flavor, artificial dyes including red #40, 9g of sugar.
- Cap’N Crunch CrunchBerries: Sugar, brown sugar, BHT, artificial flavor, artificial dyes including red #40, 11g of sugar. OOPS! All Berries contains 15g of sugar.
- Post Golden Crisps: Corn syrup, honey, caramel color. I had to add this one even though it’s not full of too many toxins because of the sugar content: a whopping 14g per serving!
Toxic Ingredients in Kids Cereals
- Sugar: Many kid cereals are high in sugar or high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which is also called corn syrup or corn sugar. Generally, if you see “sugar” of any kind in non-organic or GMO cereal, very likely it’s HFCS.
- GMOs: Most conventional cereals contain sugar and corn made from GMO products. Note that these same manufacturers create GMO free cereals for distribution overseas.
- Hydrogenated Oils: Partially hydrogenated oils contain trans fats, which, as we’ve discussed before, are linked to cancer, heart disease and immune problems. Fully hydrogenated oils are full of saturated fat. In addition, some companies will label partially hydrogenated oils as just “hydrogenated oils”, so you can’t be sure if there is trans fat in the product. (If there is less than 0.5 grams of trans fat per serving, companies are allowed to write “0 grams of trans fat.”)
- BHA: Another GRAS additive, BHA has been linked to cancer in some studies. The National Institutes of Health’s National Toxicology Programs has concluded that it can be “reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.” Both BHA and BHT are said to be at low enough levels to be safe for consumption by the FDA.
- Soy Lecithin: Derived from GMO soy, this additive often contains toxins. According to The Cornucopia Institute, soy lecithin processing often involves hexane, and, though it is removed during processing, trace amounts can be left behind. That residue is unregulated by the FDA even though it is listed by that organization as a potential carcinogen and neurotoxin
- Annatto: This natural flavoring is now entering into controversy. According to WebMD, it can affect blood sugar levels, so if your child has diabetes, please be aware of that. It also has been linked with allergies, and the Food Intolerance Network has gotten reports linking it to headaches and irritability. If you have a sensitive eater or a child prone to allergies, you may want to avoid this flavoring.
- BHT: Found in many cereals, this food is classified by U.S. law as “GRAS” – “generally recommended as safe”. This means that experts consider them safe and they are approved as food additives without additional testing of their effects. In 2014, the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), an environmental safety watchdog group, released “Generally Recognized as Secret: Chemicals Added to Food in the U.S.” (PDF). This report found loopholes in the GRAS classification, including research data coming from the company themselves and expert opinions that disregarded evidence of allergic reactions, that compromise the real safety of GRAS additives. BHT is also a chemical additive and may be a possible ADHD trigger.
"We put the H I in our story (History)"
Welcome to our HIstory classroom
You're going need an open mind for a H & I lesson....
National History Day
Yayyy for National History Day! The 2018-2019 theme is Triumph & Tragedy in History and we are excited! It is estimated that over a half of million students participated in the 2018 National History Day Contest this past June, so its safe to say that this event is gaining steam and traction year after year after year. The intentional selection of the theme for NHD is to "provide an opportunity for students to push past the antiquated view of history as mere facts and dates and drill down into historical content to develop perspective and understanding." The National Contest will be held June 9-13, 2019 at the University of Maryland, College Park campus.
Here pictured are students from Patterson Public Schools who participated in National History Day being presented with certificates for their efforts and hard work while taking photos with Amistad officials at the 2018 Amistad Summer Institute.
Honorable and Impressionable LLC's research division takes pride in going above and beyond any task at hand to research information not found in U.S. school textbooks or school libraries to provide accurate, credible facts, information and evidence to students, teachers and individuals alike. Research services are also provided for schools, companies, organizations and institutions too! Historians are sometimes looked at as walking and talking history textbooks and, as the authority on things concerning history, have the ability and responsibility to provide credible, factual and up-to-date information that goes beyond what U.S. textbooks or Internet search engines can provide for schools, institutions of higher learning, businesses or just students and teachers. We do understand that some people would rather just go to Google to get their answers; however, we feel that the seeker of knowledge and information still needs someone to synthesize and make sense of the information they are researching and trying to process. This is where we come into the fold! Our able historians do their absolute best to provide you with cogent, sensible and understandable answers to questions students, teachers and professionals may have relating to topics concerns history or social studies. This is a free service for our clients within our network to help with classwork, homework, projects and any research base questions or inquiries. Our research services include packages which various in price and availability. Our able historians put the H & I in Historian, so with that said... what's your question or research inquiry?
Historian's Corner
"Good historians are born, they're not made."
The Honorable Historian (In honor of the late Dr. Clement Alexander Price, Newark New Jersey's official Historian)
A Historian is a lifelong learner and wears many titles and hats: A bibliophile, writer, storyteller, public speaker, lecturer, educator, author, world traveler and erudite scholar are among the various titles these men and women carry with distinction and honor. The ancient griots were the historians and storytellers of the old world who recorded and held strong the traditions and preserved their tribes culture and history through spoken word. Every society has its historians and social commentators and these people are revered, respected and remembered for documenting the achievements, the accounts and the people throughout the years of the collective group respectively, which would be passed down to the next generation to ultimately conserve, maintain and uphold their culture, traditions and history. Honorable and Impressionable will be profiling historians, those who have moved on and those who are currently alive, to shown their good and important works and contributions to academia and historical research.
A Historian is a lifelong learner and wears many titles and hats: A bibliophile, writer, storyteller, public speaker, lecturer, educator, author, world traveler and erudite scholar are among the various titles these men and women carry with distinction and honor. The ancient griots were the historians and storytellers of the old world who recorded and held strong the traditions and preserved their tribes culture and history through spoken word. Every society has its historians and social commentators and these people are revered, respected and remembered for documenting the achievements, the accounts and the people throughout the years of the collective group respectively, which would be passed down to the next generation to ultimately conserve, maintain and uphold their culture, traditions and history. Honorable and Impressionable will be profiling historians, those who have moved on and those who are currently alive, to shown their good and important works and contributions to academia and historical research.
WE CAN'T KEEP CALM CAUSE WE LOVE HISTORY!!!
H & I's Honorable Historians
A general definition of a historian is one who researches, studies, analyzes, critiques, lectures and writes about people, events, dates and places of the past. As the old adage goes "If you dont learn from your history you are doomed to repeat it", so we at H & I take learning about history seriously. Honorable and Impressionable LLC is dedicated to honoring past and present historians that may not otherwise get their due recognition for their work in education forums, social cultural circles, universities and literary works to name a few. Honorable and notable African, African-American, Caribbean and other international historians, past and present, in this section will be profiled for their accomplishments, scholarly works and name recognition in the field of history. Some are familiar and others not so much, but by all means, please get familiar with their names and faces of these great American Historians because unfortunately most of these historians are not promoted or seen on your typical search engines and it is important to make sure they are visible for all to see.
Notable U.S. Historians, professors, authors, speakers and teachers you may not have heard of...
Kwame Christian, Historian, author, researcher, teacher and Amistad Fellow.
Historians Kwame Christian and the late Dr. Clement Alexander Price, scholar and Distinguished Service Professor of History at Rutgers University at the Cory Booker's Outstanding Teacher Award ceremony in 2011. Mr. Christian was one of the recipients of this award.
Kwame Christian, Historian and founding director at Honorable and Impressionable LLC and Dr. Lonnie Butch, Historian and founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture share a moment at the United Nations for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
"Happy Juneteenth or Emancipation Day"
Let's celebrate Juneteenth!!!
Pictured is a Juneteenth workshop with elementary school students in New Jersey on June 19th 2015.
Broken Chains!!!!!!
Remembering the history of Juneteenth!!!!!
Remembering the history of Juneteenth!!!!!
HAPPY JUNETEENTH!!!!!!!!!!!
Read The Atlantic's article on "Why Juneteenth must be celebrated"
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/juneteenth-celebration-police-brutality-justice/530898/
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/juneteenth-celebration-police-brutality-justice/530898/
Impressionable Readers Club Book of the Month
Sundown Towns, A hidden dimension of American racism by James W. Loewen
Sundown Towns and Counties: Racial Exclusion in the South
"Between 1890 and 1960, roughly around 10 thousand of towns across the United States drove out their black populations or took steps to forbid African-Americans from living in them, creating "sundown towns," so named because many marked their city limits with signs typically reading, "Nigger, Don't Let The Sun Go Down On You In--." In addition, some towns in the West drove out or kept out Chinese Americans, and a few excluded Native Americans or Mexican Americans. "Sundown suburbs" developed a little later, most between 1900 and 1968, many of which kept out not only African Americans but also Jews. (1)
This is a misunderstood phenomenon, especially as manifested in the North. African Americans surely never uprooted by choice, and investigation reveals that most white towns are so by design. In Illinois, for example, 502 towns were all white or almost so, decade after decade; many still are. Research confirms the formal and informal racial policies of 219 of them. Of those, 218, or 99.5%, kept out African Americans. About 500 Illinois communities-- two-thirds of all incorporated municipalities larger than 1,000--were sundown towns. Some still are. Oregon, Indiana, and some other northern states show similar proportions. (2)
These facts remained hidden because of our cultural tendency to connect extreme racism with the South. In reality, sundown towns were rare in most of Dixie, and the places they did spread reveal interesting facets of the region's racial history after Reconstruction. The later development of sundown suburbs in the South emulated northern patterns of race relations. Although we must take note of the gated communities now spreading across the South, the decline of sundown suburbs and towns may show that the region is moving beyond municipality-level and countywide residential exclusion at a faster clip than the Midwest and Northeast.
DEFINING A SUNDOWN TOWN
Sundown towns are (or were) all white by design. To determine whether a community is or was a sundown town, considering racial composition is paramount. Towns with no African Americans on their census rolls pass this first test, of course, but so do towns with non-household blacks. Izard County, Arkansas, for example, had 191 black residents in 2000, but only two African American households; the rest were inmates of the state prison. Live-in servants in white households also do not violate the taboo against independent black residents.
A town or county with very few African American households decade after decade, or with a sharp drop in African American populations between two censuses, is a sundown town if their absence is intentional. Credible sources must confirm that whites expelled African Americans, or took steps to keep them from moving in. Such local sources as county histories, wpa files, and even centennial coffee-table books may acknowledge that a community drove out its African American population or took steps to ensure that none ever entered. More often, though, residents do not write such things down, but conversation can be revealing. Credible details about what happened, gathered from more than one person, confirm a town's sundown status. Newspaper articles, tax records, or the "manuscript census" can corroborate oral histories. Information from written and oral sources in nearby towns is also valuable. (3)
Towns need not be quite all white to be considered sundown. When Boone County, Arkansas, expelled its African-Americans [residents] in a 1909 race riot, for example, one remained as a servant to a white family. Alecta Caledonia Melvina Smith boasted she was "the best nigger ever born, 'cause all the rest was run off." (4) Sometimes the sole black resident might be the "shoeshine boy," living in the basement of the hotel. White residents invoked such exceptions to exemplify the rule to newcomers. Thus, a community could still meet the definition of "sundown town" even with a black household or two if it posted sundown signs or otherwise kept out African American newcomers.… "
Here are examples in this video montage of billboards, window signs, posters, and newspaper articles to attest to the racial hostility that permeated throughout the United States in Sundown towns and suburbs between 1890 and 1970.
"Teach a child to choose the right path and when they are older [they] will remind upon it"
Literacy and reading programs are important and integral components in Honorable and Impressionable's continous fight against childhood illiteracy. Honorable and Impressionable wants to be at the forefront of this battle by providing interactive, reading programs, workshops and activities for K -12 students in Public, Private, Charter and Home schools. Together, we all can beat childhood illiteracy and put honor back into the able. Inquire within and ask us how!
H & I's Readers Corner
"What do children want in a book? Children want the same thing [adults] want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained and delighted"
A child opens their world and mind to unlimited possibilities when they get comfortable reading and enjoying books. This is how their imagination gets to be explored and groomed. We at Honorable and Impressionable endorse introducing children to books and reading to them at an early age continuously as well as building a library in their own rooms.
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Teachers don't get enough of the credit, praise and appreciation they deserve. But at Honorable and Impressionable we love, respect and appreciate the hard work, dedication and sacrifice that goes into being an educator. Teachers rock!!!