Guest Commentator

Roger Brown

Roger Brown is a veteran broadcast journalist, currently writing for the FOX-owned TV station in Chicago, WFLD. He has also worked for NBC News and the NBC-owned TV station in Chicago, WMAQ. Mr. Brown's e-mail address is: [email protected] Editor’s Note to educators: BC highly recommends Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching: A Resource Guide for Classrooms and Communities, edited by Deborah Menkart, Alana D. Murray and Jenice L. View, with foreword by Congressman John Lewis. The 562-page guide is a publication of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) with contributions from Rethinking Schools. Guide companion website: www.civilrightsteaching.org.

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Guest Commentary

Letter to Shani Davis: Show ‘Em Your South Side

By Roger Brown Guest Commentator

On February 18, Chicago native Shani Davis won the 1,000-meter speed skating competition at the Winter Olympics, becoming the first African-American ever to win the gold medal for an individual event in the games. What followed was the kind of slap in the face that has become an all-too-common smudge in the area of race…

On February 18, Chicago native Shani Davis won the 1,000-meter speed skating competition at the Winter Olympics, becoming the first African-American ever to win the gold…

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Commentary

Back To School: A Letter to Teachers

By Roger Brown Guest Commentator

Dear Teacher, Time’s up. Time to get back to work. Before you know it, kids will be everywhere. Over the next nine months, they’ll see you as much as they see their own parents. Maybe more. You are among the brightest, most dedicated, most important people they will encounter in their young lives. So, in…

Dear Teacher, Time's up. Time to get back to work. Before you know it, kids will be everywhere. Over the next nine months, they'll see you…

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