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September 27, 1950 ~Gwendolyn Brooks is awarded Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry ββAnnie Allen.β She was the first Black so honored. Brooks published her first poem in a childrenβs magazine, βAmerican Childhood,β when she was 13 years old. By the time she was 16, she had compiled a portfolio of around 75 published poems and had her work critiqued by poet and novelist James Weldon Johnson.
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128's Spring Cub Vs 909 Jr
Voting Begins Friday September 27th
at 9 am Pacific / 12pm
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βA memorial to humanityβ: Washington DCβs monumental first world war sculpture
Howard describes his monumental sculpture featuring 38 figures as βa film in bronzeβ. It completes the World War I Memorial, which opened near the White House in 2021 β more than a century after the last shot was fired.
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September 23, 1961 ~ President Kennedy named Thurgood Marshall to U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for
the Second Circuit, a position he held until 1965, when Kennedyβs successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, named him solicitor general. Following the retirement of Justice Tom Clark in 1967, President Johnson appointed Marshall to the Supreme Court, a decision confirmed by the Senate with a 69-11 vote.
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Over the past week, men have been draping baby slings on famous male statues across London and Edinburgh to raise awareness of the U.K.'s paternity leave policies and advocate for more paid time off for new fathers.
Just WOW!!!
Van Goghβs Painting Starry Night Is Scientifically Accurate, Says New Study
Seriously, I just really like picture. Even Liberty is ashamed
New York City's web of scandals
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and an inner circle populated by scandal-plagued allies are staring down a growing list of legal problems and a full-blown political firestorm.
https://www.axios.com/2024/09/19/eric-adams-nyc-mayor-scandal-investigations
Flying off the shelves
D.C.'s "Kamala-conomy" is booming thanks to Harris merch
Republic Restoratives Distillery in Ivy City is struggling to keep its Madam whiskey stocked, which features Harris on the label and was created three years ago for the VP. Around 500 bottles ($89 a pop) were snagged during nomination week, and the distillery has another 800 pre-orders for the next release on Oct. 7.
#News #Whiskey #Madam #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/09/17/kamala-harris-merch-whiskey-dc-businesses
Responding to some more text. Gonna wrap this up before NFL Kickoff.
Giant invasive joro spiders spotted for first time in Pennsylvania
Intimidating looking but relatively harmless arachnids native to east Asia spread across US north-east.
#News #Pennsylvania #Spiders #JoroSpiders
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/19/joro-spider-pennsylvania
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"I'm no better than anyone else, but I'm just as good" (#myGrandma)