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Direct linkCassuto, Leonard – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Richard Wright's literary career begins with a lynching and ends with a serial murderer. "Big Boy Leaves Home," the 1936 story that leads off Wright's first book, "Uncle Tom's Children" (1938), renders the vicious mob-execution of a young black man falsely accused of rape. "A Father's Law," Wright's last novel, left unfinished at his unexpected…
Descriptors: United States History, United States Literature, Social Attitudes, Authors
Bartlett, Thomas – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
When President Obama gave his commencement address at the University of Notre Dame last month, he lightened the mood with a joke about honorary degrees. "So far I'm only one for two as president," Mr. Obama said. "Father Hesburgh is 150 for 150." He was referring to the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, former Notre Dame president, who just turned 92.…
Descriptors: Academic Degrees, Recognition (Achievement), Honor Societies, Educational Policy
