We will continue our series highlighting the Tuskegee Airmen. This week we will feature Arkansas' very own Mr. Milton Crenchaw. Background information on Mr. Crenchaw is below, taken from http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.netMilton Pitts Crenchaw, of the original Tuskegee Airmen, was one of the first African Americans in the country and the first from Arkansas to be trained by the federal government as a civilian licensed pilot. He trained hundreds of cadet pilots while at Alabama's Tuskegee Institute in the 1940s and was the catalyst in starting the first successful flight program at Philander Smith College in Little Rock (Pulaski County) from 1947 to 1953.
His combined service record extends for over forty years of federal service from 1941 to 1983 with the U.S. Army (in the Army Air Corps) and eventually the U.S. Air Force.Milton Crenchaw was born on January 13, 1919, in Little Rock to the Reverend Joseph C. Crenchaw, a local civil rights leader with the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and a professional tailor, and his wife, Ethel Pitts Crenchaw, who was a door-to-door beautician. He had three siblings. Crenchaw graduated from Dunbar High School in 1937 and attended Dunbar Junior College while completing the teaching certificate in auto mechanics.
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Thursday, March 29, 2007
Educational Perspectives: March 31st - Host: Terence L. Bolden
March 31, 2007: Book of the Quarter- "Uncle Tom's Cabin": A dialogue with Dr. Morris Holmes - What meaneth this? Women's History Month Spotlight: Special Tribute & Interview- Dr. Patricia McGraw..My mentor and shero!
"The Best of Simple"- read by Terence L. Bolden!!!
Join us next week for an intimate discussion with "Educational Perspectives Radio Show"www.kabf883.org- audio NIkki Giovanni: April 7, 2007 -Interviews with Terence Bolden streaming live!88.3 KABF F.M. Radio
"The Best of Simple"- read by Terence L. Bolden!!!
Join us next week for an intimate discussion with "Educational Perspectives Radio Show"www.kabf883.org- audio NIkki Giovanni: April 7, 2007 -Interviews with Terence Bolden streaming live!88.3 KABF F.M. Radio
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Educational Perspectives: March 24th - Host: Terence L. Bolden
March 24, 2007: A Tribute to black women: Their poetry, literature, and novels: Interview: Patricia Spears-Jones: Author- Arkansas Literacy Festival! Also, the legendary Al Bell visits our studios to discuss ... The Music In Our Schools Month Event that will take place, Friday, March 30, 2007 at Wonder Elementary School in West Memphis Arkansas is about education and celebration.
"The Best of Simple"- read by Terence L. Bolden...
POETRY REQUESTS: Hook up with my good friend Kwame Alexander
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (POETRY)
As part of our ongoing commitment to celebrate the literary arts and promote literacy in Prince George’s County and the National Capital Area, each year Capital BookFest(www.capitalbookfest.com) publishes a new book and gives away over 500 complimentary copies to festival attendees, and offers remaining copies for sale. In previous years, we have given away over 1500 copies of a collection of Young Adult short stories and poems, and a beautifully-illustrated children's book. In 2007, we are publishing a coffee table book featuring original photography and poetry.
Capital BookFest '07 seeks poems related to the theme of family, by May 15, 2007. Specifically, we are looking for poems that explore the rituals and relationships of familial life; the personal and political of "you and yours;" the soulful love of mothers and sons, fathers and sisters, grandparents and grandkids. Whether it's a haiku, free verse, or prose poem, as long as your pen paints sketches of family—yours, extended, or otherwise—we will consider it (Think Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays," Nikki Giovanni's "Nikki-Rosa," Walt Whitman's "Come up from the Fields, Father," or Lucille Clifton's "Good Times.")
Authors will receive two copies of book, publishing credit and retain copyright to their work, in exchange for the right to include their poem in the Capital BookFest ‘07 coffee table book. Space is limited to 100 poems. A committee of poets and writers representing the literary community will select final poems for consideration. Photographs will be presented throughout the anthology and paired with the various poems.
The anthology will be edited by Kwame Alexander, and released at the third annual Capital BookFest on October 6, 2007, in Largo, MD.
Submission Requirements:
• Individuals may submit up to two poems
• Poems may be any length
• Poets must have rights to the poem
• Poems that have already appeared in print publications are acceptable as long as the poet has copyright/permission
• Submissions must be emailed. No exceptions. Submit poems in the body of an email (no attachments) to blackwords@juno.com (Subject line should say “CBF Poems”). Please include full contact information (snail mail address, phone, email) and a four-line bio
Incomplete entries will not be considered. The anthology will be published in October 2007. All entries must be received by May 15, 2007.
"The Best of Simple"- read by Terence L. Bolden...
POETRY REQUESTS: Hook up with my good friend Kwame Alexander
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (POETRY)
As part of our ongoing commitment to celebrate the literary arts and promote literacy in Prince George’s County and the National Capital Area, each year Capital BookFest(www.capitalbookfest.com) publishes a new book and gives away over 500 complimentary copies to festival attendees, and offers remaining copies for sale. In previous years, we have given away over 1500 copies of a collection of Young Adult short stories and poems, and a beautifully-illustrated children's book. In 2007, we are publishing a coffee table book featuring original photography and poetry.
Capital BookFest '07 seeks poems related to the theme of family, by May 15, 2007. Specifically, we are looking for poems that explore the rituals and relationships of familial life; the personal and political of "you and yours;" the soulful love of mothers and sons, fathers and sisters, grandparents and grandkids. Whether it's a haiku, free verse, or prose poem, as long as your pen paints sketches of family—yours, extended, or otherwise—we will consider it (Think Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays," Nikki Giovanni's "Nikki-Rosa," Walt Whitman's "Come up from the Fields, Father," or Lucille Clifton's "Good Times.")
Authors will receive two copies of book, publishing credit and retain copyright to their work, in exchange for the right to include their poem in the Capital BookFest ‘07 coffee table book. Space is limited to 100 poems. A committee of poets and writers representing the literary community will select final poems for consideration. Photographs will be presented throughout the anthology and paired with the various poems.
The anthology will be edited by Kwame Alexander, and released at the third annual Capital BookFest on October 6, 2007, in Largo, MD.
Submission Requirements:
• Individuals may submit up to two poems
• Poems may be any length
• Poets must have rights to the poem
• Poems that have already appeared in print publications are acceptable as long as the poet has copyright/permission
• Submissions must be emailed. No exceptions. Submit poems in the body of an email (no attachments) to blackwords@juno.com (Subject line should say “CBF Poems”). Please include full contact information (snail mail address, phone, email) and a four-line bio
Incomplete entries will not be considered. The anthology will be published in October 2007. All entries must be received by May 15, 2007.
Educational Perspectives: March 17, 2007- Host Terence Bolden & C0-Hostess Patty McCullough
March 17, 2007: Patty McCullough: "On Point with Patty"! You don't want to miss this!!! Women's History Month Perspectives! IN THE NEWS!! Announcements! "The Best of Simple"....
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Educational Perspectives Radio Show- March 10. 2007 with Host: Terence L. Bolden
March 10, 2007: Need I say more? Amiri Baraka- Well, if I must- Born in 1934, in Newark, New Jersey, USA,is the author of over 40 books of essays, poems, drama, and music history and criticism, a poet, icon and revolutionary political activist! A conversation with Baraka: a legendary literary giant! Don't miss, "On Point with Patty" next week!
Friday, March 2, 2007
March 3, 2007 Radio Show: with Host- Terence Bolden
We will interview Dr. Lloyd Saine, President of Black School Educators Association, talk with leaders of the Quarterly Exchange, and the sensational youth group, "Get It Off your Chest" will be discussing the HIV AIDS issue! Tune in or you may truly be tuned out to what is going on with children!
Note: Join us next week for a discussion with the outstanding poet, educator, and activist- Amiri Barka on 88.3 KABF FM Radio!!!
Note: Join us next week for a discussion with the outstanding poet, educator, and activist- Amiri Barka on 88.3 KABF FM Radio!!!
Friday, February 23, 2007
Feb 24th Radio Show: 11:00 a.m. with host- Terence L. Bolden
"Turn Away Thy Son"
Little Rock, the Crisis That Shocked the Nation: Elizabeth Jackoway - Interview!
Youth Group Discussion on March 3, 2007
Please join us this Saturday at 11:00 a.m. as we interview the author of "Turn Away Thy Son"- Elizabeth Jackoway! We will explore some very explosive and even taboo conversations surrounding the Central High Crisis issue.
Little Rock, the Crisis That Shocked the Nation: Elizabeth Jackoway - Interview!
Youth Group Discussion on March 3, 2007
Please join us this Saturday at 11:00 a.m. as we interview the author of "Turn Away Thy Son"- Elizabeth Jackoway! We will explore some very explosive and even taboo conversations surrounding the Central High Crisis issue.
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