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Book two of the Standing on the Promises trilogy. After this groundbreaking, deeply moving trilogy about black LDS pioneers was first published, modern-day descendants came forward with further information, photographs, and more detailed history. In this new edition, the authors have corrected some errors and dramatized the experience of additional black pioneers.
Book three of the Standing on the Promises trilogy. After this groundbreaking, deeply moving trilogy about black LDS pioneers was first published, modern-day descendants came forward with further information, photographs, and more detailed history. In this new edition, the authors have corrected some errors and dramatized the experience of additional black pioneers.
Henry Luce (ca. 1640-1689) was possibly the son of Israel Luce, who lived and died in Wales. Henry came to America about 1663, lived in Scituate, Massachusetts in 1666, in Rehoboth in 1668, and moved to Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard in about 1670. He married Remember Litchfield. They had 10 children: Robert, Remember, Israel, Experience, Eleazer, Henry, Thomas, William, David and Josiah. His wife, Remember, was the daughter of Lawrence and Judith (Dennis) Litchfield. Their descendants and relatives lived in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Connecticut, Montreal and Nova Scotia, Canada, Michigan, Nebraska and elsewhere.
Unearthing Culturally Responsive Mathematics Teaching: The Legacy of Gloria Jean Merriex focuses on the theory and practices of a highly successful mathematics teacher of African American children in a high-poverty school. The book aims to contribute to the limited literature base in this area in mathematics education. The discussions in the book center on the ideals of culturally responsive teaching (CRT), and seek to build understanding of this concept in the context of mathematics. Further, the story of Gloria Jean Merriex speaks to the importance of historical influences on teaching practice. Her story is couched in sociopolitical realities of the American educational system, and is discussed as such. Cultural incongruities that exist in classrooms and contribute to the black-white achievement gap, particularly in mathematics, are also discussed.
In the bustling heart of New York City, where ambitions soar as high as the skyscrapers, lives Constanza, a successful author specializing in the art of self-care. Her life, though fulfilling, is a carefully orchestrated ballet of deadlines, meetings, and the relentless pursuit of her next bestseller. But fate, it seems, has a mischievous sense of humor. A chance encounter aboard a JetBlue flight throws her perfectly planned world into a delightful state of chaos. There, amidst the turbulence of both the skies and her emotions, she meets Crosby – a man whose charming spirit shines as brightly as the Christmas lights he'll soon invite her to experience. Their connection is instant, a spark ...
Philip Fowler (ca.1590-1679) immigrated in 1633/1634 from England to Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, and married twice. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, California and elsewhere. Includes limited records of Fowler family history and genealogical data in England to 1066 A.D.