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Visit this link to read this short story by Susan Glaspell
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Chorus Two household both alike in dignity,

In fair Verona where we lay our scene

From ancient grudge, break to new mutiny,

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean:

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes,

A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life:

Whose misadventrued piteous overthrow,

Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.

The fearful passage of their death-marked love,

And the continuance of their parents’rage,

Which but their children’s end nought could remove,

Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage.

The which if you with patient ears attend,

What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

(from The Prologue to Romeo and Juliet )

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November 7, 2006 is election day across the United States. Voters will be voting on local issues and candidates, state issues and candidates, and for Senate and House of Representatives candidates in the United States Congress. Click on the following link for the New York Times election website.

From the time the first enslaved Africans landed in the United States, there was resistance and rebellion.

As you know, Anthony Burns was a real person whose trial was famous throughout the country. Click on the following links to view primary documents about the trial, the Fugitive Slave Law and other topics.
Once you get to the Library of Congresss, you’ll need to click on American Memory, then click on African American History.  For a portrait on Anthony Burns, type in Anthony Burns image.  There are some actual slave narrative audio files and many other fascinating documents.  Have fun.

We enjoyed the class discussions about this “anniversary.” Many of you had more to say than we had time for so here are some links for your interest. Click here for more information.

August 29th marked the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Last year at this time we at Synergy and people around the country were involved in major relief efforts and in discussions about the government response, the role of racism and many other important issues. Here are several links to articles of interest on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.