Antoni De'Leon
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Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. (Helen Keller).
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Dear Harriet...Tonight We Run!!!
Dear Readers: I invite you to travel through time to meet some brave and noteworthy souls. There are, throughout history, several powerful first-person accounts of slavery that provide deep insights into the experiences of enslaved individuals. Here are a few notable examples:
By Antoni De'Leonabout a year ago in History
Letters between Helen Keller, teacher Anne Sullivan and a modern day writer.
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 ā June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old. She then communicated primarily using home signs until the age of seven, when she met her first teacher and life-long companion Anne Sullivan. Sullivan taught Keller language, including reading and writing. After an education at both specialist and mainstream schools, Keller attended Radcliffe College of Harvard University and became the first deafblind person in the United States to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
By Antoni De'Leonabout a year ago in History
Ok students, repeat after me. Todays Vocal topic... History is for the History community, Poetry is for the Poet's community...Journal is for...you get the drift.
My mind grates, my teeth clench and I so wanna scream What the Heck and Hell and Holy Moly is going on I don't wanna use the really ugly words here
By Antoni De'Leonabout a year ago in Poets
In the Beginning.
We start at the Beginning, when the world was void and unformed. My dear child. Be still and listen with your inner Being. Upon your senses have I now written you a letter. Clear your thoughts, open your mind, hear my voice! All the world may be yours, you and all of my creation, if only you would heed my words and obey my commandments.
By Antoni De'Leonabout a year ago in History
February's Song
Orange and Blossom met in 2006 on their way to a Josh Groban concert where they first heard him sing his "February Song". Before even knowing their real names, both had stood admiring the lovely field of oranges and orange blossoms while sightseeing a few hours before the concert.
By Antoni De'Leonabout a year ago in History
The Windrush Romance
It is 1948, Kalvin is 18 years old and is filled with excitement about his impending trip to the United Kingdom. The 'HMT Empire Windrush' awaited, the ship which would bring one of the first large groups of Caribbean people to the UK in that year. The Caribbean was then a part of the British commonwealth, those who arrived would automatically be British subjects and free to permanently live and work in the UK.
By Antoni De'Leonabout a year ago in History
Myth or murder. The White Witch of Rosehall, a legendary Jamaican ghost.
"Come get you coconut water here, remember it good for you daughter, and also for you ". Rasta yelled out, grinning feistily as tourists and islanders alike stopped by his stall to quench their thirst.
By Antoni De'Leonabout a year ago in Fiction
