An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.
Most of my career up until the last couple of years has basically been a training ground for me. Actors that came up in the '50s and '60s, they had the theater, and television was in its infancy.
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Barbara Cartland, Novelist (1901) |
Henry Hallam, Historian (1777) |
Tom Hanks, Actor (1956) |
King Hassan II, Royalty (1929) |
June Jordan, Writer (1936) |
Washington Allston, Artist (1843) |
Georges Bataille, Writer (1962) |
Benjamin Cardozo, Judge (1938) |
Loren Eiseley, Scientist (1977) |
James L. Farmer, Jr., Activist (1999) |