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Bound to be true

2008-06-30T18:53:06Z

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong. - --...

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L and M's

2008-06-28T05:15:06Z

Lunch with some of the interns at L and M's, which is closing its doors Sunday (*tear* as last summer's intern, Lauryn, would say). The discussion was about Philip's blog post (which has sparked some good comments online):

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Gem of Innocence

2008-06-26T17:48:37Z

That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that makes you want to believe that there still exists a right and wrong, that decency will somehow triumph in the end. - --Lise Hand, describing Irish journalist Veronica Gue...

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Oxford

2008-06-24T21:19:51Z

Photos of Oxford are up, courtesy of Servati:

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Quotes

2008-06-24T18:54:18Z

These quotes were posted from a previous website, which I'm now cleaning up. "May you live every day of your life."- Jonathan Swift Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you are...

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Video

2008-06-24T14:46:34Z

Here is the article with video: "The children in the Mississippi Delta have been neglected for well over 200 years when it comes to public education," Mullins says. "Their suffering is due to the devastating effects that poverty has on children,...

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Article

2008-06-23T13:33:52Z

Article about the Mississippi Teacher Corps: After earning a degree in African-American studies from Harvard, Amutah joined the Mississippi Teacher Corps based at the University of Mississippi. Since its creation in 1989, MTC has placed nearly 5...

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Updated Postcards

2008-06-16T22:06:21Z

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A Delta Education

2008-06-16T13:14:42Z

Sandra Knispel, a journalist for Mississippi Public Broadcasting, recently won the Mississippi AP Award for Best Documentary (Radio) for the following piece, featuring two Mississippi Teacher Corps teachers, Ashley Johnson and Elizabeth Savage:

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Amani

2008-06-12T19:19:29Z

Amani Floyd, Mississippi Teacher Corps Class of 2008, gives the best answer ever for why she joined the Teacher Corps:

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