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November 14th will be the 60th anniversary of when Ruby Bridges changed history. On November 14th, 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges stood up against racism and hatred to help integrate Louisiana's school system. Ruby's story of courage, faith, and hope remains just as relevant today. You can listen to her interview on the Scholastic Reads Podcast here: https://share.fireside.fm/episode/vT8wBt80+KuSzLrSo

Our LGBT historical heroes keep coming with a 2nd round of amazing individual who helped shape the LGBT community from so many different parts of the globe and in so many different professions. This week we have: Emile Griffith - a American professional boxer who won five world boxing championships. He fought more world championships than any other prizefighter. In 1958 he won the Golden Gloves championship. Griffith was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame and the In...ternational Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. Menaka Guruswamy & Arundhati Katju - Indian lawyers who won a historic 2018 Indian Supreme Court case decriminalizing homosexuality. For the pair, who came out as a couple in the international media afterward, the ruling represented a personal triumph as well as a watershed victory for LGBTQ people in India. Alexander von Humboldt - a renowned Prussian naturalist, explorer, and geographer, and the preeminent scientist of his time. Regarded as the father of ecology, he laid the foundations for modern biogeography and meteorology and shaped the concept of climate zones, weather forecasting and the theory of man-made climate change. Lori Lightfoot - won a historic landslide victory (winning 74% of the votes) in Chicago’s 2019 election to become the city’s first openly gay and first black female mayor. It is her first elective office. Her victory made Chicago the largest city in U.S. history with an openly LGBTQ mayor and the largest city led by a woman. Moisés Kaufman - a Venezuela native, award-winning theater director and playwright. His work is known for its bold, perceptive portrayals of contemporary social issues, particularly those of sexuality and culture. His groundbreaking play, The Laramie Project, inspired by the brutal killing of a gay college student, Mathew Shepard, generated worldwide empathy and dialogue around LGBT hate crimes. I hope you enjoy this weeks history lesson! Jacob Zeimet IB Art & History Teacher Sumner Academy of Arts & Sciences

Interesting article that touches both on Hispanic Heritage month as well as LGBT month. https://www.nbcnews.com//gender-neutral-spanish-pronoun-so

Free Ebooks during October!

Sabre Nation Mr. Bauman is looking student editors for the Quranzine publication forming at Sumner Academy. Calling on all artists, writers, poets, and creators. Check it out!

https://americanhistory.si.edu/topics/latino-history

Because I'm behind in promoting this, here is another link for you to check out today. https://prezi.com/mptbwyiqm/famous-hispanic-mathematicians/

It is also LGBT History Month, so I'll try to share some things in honor of that this month as well. These are 5 individuals who have helped shape the LGBTQ movement up to today. Deborah Batts - Federal Judge Deborah Batts was the first openly gay federal judge. She presided over prominent cases involving political corruption, terrorism and criminal justice. A trailblazer for women, African Americans and LGBTQ people, she is remembered as a devoted jurist whose humanity insp...ired generations of lawyers. She continued to fight for diversity amongst judges across the US. Angie Craig - Congresswoman Angie Craig is the first openly lesbian mother elected to Congress and the first openly gay person elected to Congress from Minnesota. She has fought to allow same-sex couples adopt children. Rob Epstein - Film Director, Writer, & Producer Rob Epstein is an American film director, writer and producer, and the cofounder of the production company Telling Pictures. Best known for his groundbreaking feature-length documentaries, he is the first openly gay director to win an Oscar for an LGBT-themed film. With his husband, they produced Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1985), an HBO documentary about the AIDS epidemic, The Celluloid Closet (1995), End Game (2018), State of Pride (2019) and Paragraph 175 (2000). Emily Dickinson - Poet Emily Dickinson was a reclusive American poet whose stylistic ingenuity challenged conventions and profoundly influenced poetry in the 20th century. Unrecognized in her own time, she has been celebrated since as one of America’s greatest, most original voices. Felicia Elizondo - Transgender Activist Felicia Elizondo is a self-described Mexican spitfire, screaming queen, pioneer, legend, icon, diva, 29-year survivor of AIDS and Vietnam veteran. Her activism has been crucial in raising public awareness of transgender rights and history. https://lgbthistorymonth.com/

Should have been sharing for a while now, but here is a great website as we are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. https://science.howstuffworks.com//10-hispanic-scientists.

Macmillan is hosting a chat with the author of "When They Call You A Terrorist" today at 2 pm if you are able to attend, click on the picture and register!