Tag Archives: Teaching Diversity

Think Like a Man

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Richard Guzman

“There is no truer statement: men are simple.”  So begins the first chapter of Steve Harvey’s Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man.  Men are driven by “who they are, what they do, and how much they make,” according to … Continue reading →

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A Radio Show on the Blues

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Richard Guzman

“SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED…BLUE” The blues is America’s most fundamental roots music, still not only the bedrock of most of its popular music—rock, jazz, pop, soul, and more—but continuing to exert an even more powerful influence on world music.  “Something Old, New, … Continue reading →

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Dick Gregory: Comedy and Social Change

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Richard Guzman

Besides being one of the funniest men in the history of American comedy, DICK GREGORY (1932-2017) has been a groundbreaking black writer and an activist in Civil Rights, in politics, and in food and health issues.  An activist vegetarian, he … Continue reading →

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