From Lizzie Borden to The Littleton School Massacre , this web location is loaded with true stories that will chill your spine. Many of the places where these seminal events occurred, the churches, schools, homes, and neighborhoods, are listed in the National Register of Historic Places and are included in this itinerary. The Center for Democracy and Citizenship has organized this web location as a resource for public work, democracy, and civic responsibility. Each project takes a different approach and perspective on public work and weaves together a rich story of productive citizenship and civic responsibility in American democracy. Just About Everything by James Gleick, this web location is thought-provoking and causes you to pause and reflect on your acceptance of the acceleration of modern life.
Time is a valuable commodity, even more so today.
The 1950's and 1960's were water shed periods for African Americans. This was the time when many African Americans sought the changes that would bring them true civil, social, economic, intellectual, and personal equality and freedom. Interested in fostering these changes and in helping other African Americans to experience this 'revolution', Dr. Maulana Karenga, a professor of Black Studies at California State University, devised the celebration called Kwanzaa. All rights reserved.