<description>In 1861, General Robert E. Lee wrote a letter to his cousin. General Lee is explaining that he has resigned from the U.S. Army to fight for the Confederate Army.  Listen.  </description>

In 1861, General Robert E. Lee wrote a letter to …

In 1861, General Robert E. Lee wrote a letter to his cousin. General Lee is explaining that he has resigned from the U.S. Army to fight for the Confederate Army.  Listen.  

An Army General Resigns

<description>Happy National Poetry Month from My Account of It 

#1 The Negro Speaks Of Rivers read by Quincy Jones for the album Poems by Langston Hughes
#2 Kitchenette Building read by Gwendolyn Brooks
#3 And Still I Rise read by Maya Angelou from the book And Still I Rise
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Happy National Poetry Month from My Account of It…

Happy National Poetry Month from My Account of It 

#1 The Negro Speaks Of Rivers read by Quincy Jones for the album Poems by Langston Hughes
#2 Kitchenette Building read by Gwendolyn Brooks
#3 And Still I Rise read by Maya Angelou from the book And Still I Rise


Salute To National Poetry Month

<description>A first-person account of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination.  This account was written by James Suydam Knox.  Listen.</description>

A first-person account of President Abraham Linco…

A first-person account of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination.  This account was written by James Suydam Knox.  Listen.

President Lincoln's Assassination

<description>Phillis Wheatley published her first collection of poems in 1773. It was the first book published by an African American. </description>

Phillis Wheatley published her first collection o…

Phillis Wheatley published her first collection of poems in 1773. It was the first book published by an African American. 

Phillis Wheatley - Poet

<description>Bessie Coleman worked hard to be successful at something she loved, flying. Although instructors in the United States refused to teach her how to operate an airplane, she did not let it stop her. She just went around the obstacles. “She refused to take no for an answer” and became the first black woman to earn her pilot’s license.</description>

Bessie Coleman worked hard to be successful at so…

Bessie Coleman worked hard to be successful at something she loved, flying. Although instructors in the United States refused to teach her how to operate an airplane, she did not let it stop her. She just went around the obstacles. “She refused to take no for an answer” and became the first black woman to earn her pilot’s license.

My Account of It

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