Susan Faust April 7, 2021
The annual Holocaust Remembrance Day takes on added importance this year when Thursday, April 8, is set aside to recall and renounce genocide.
Some folks at the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol did not get the “Never Again” memo. One guy sported a “Camp Auschwitz” T-shirt inside the building (he was arrested a week later in Virginia), while a woman gave a “Sieg Heil” salute outside.
These scenes are shocking. They place anti-Semitism and Aryan supremacy squarely in the present, not just the past. They also connect streams of prejudice, as also-present Confederate flags made abundantly clear that day.
Standing on her Shoulders is a celebration of the strong women who influence us from our mothers, sisters, aunts, and grandmothers to the women who fought for equality and acceptance in the United States.
Monica Clark-Robinson s lyrical text encourages young girls to learn about the powerful and trailblazing women who laid the path for their own lives and empowers them to become role models themselves. Acclaimed illustrator Laura Freeman s remarkable art showcases a loving intergenerational family and encourages girls to find female heroes in their own lives.
Eleanor Makes Her Mark
All her life, Eleanor Roosevelt hoped to leave some mark upon the world.
Book review of Ray Bradbury's "Killer, Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury" by Chesapeake Central Library's deputy director Zachary Elder, with recent additions.