“Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King, Jr. is from web site https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html To see the context of the quote, “We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right,” see below the paragraph highlighted in blue. “Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]” 16 April…
Learn more about this revolution in physics that Einstein struggled with for his whole life. See PBS’s Nova episode “Einstein’s Big Idea.” Program Description: Over 100 years ago, Albert Einstein grappled with the implications of his revolutionary special theory of relativity and came to a startling conclusion: mass and energy are one, related by the formula E…
Charles A. Lindbergh, most famously known as the brave aviator who flew the Atlantic solo to much acclaim in 1927, is the namesake of the Lindbergh Schools. Although tinged with controversy and contradictions, Charles Lindbergh is still held high as a model of courage and strength, as well as being a visionary achiever, and…
This video was recommended by SCHS board member, Jacque Stock. It is an historic recreation of the moments just before the famous Apollo 8 “Earthrise” photo was taken by Bill Anders on December 24, 1968. The year 1968 was a shocking, violent, controversial year in American history. Then this moment came on Christmas Eve…
Remembering the World War I Christmas Truce of December 1914 December 2014 marked 100 years since the famous Christmas Truce of World War One, a series of spontaneous cease fires initiated by the troops on the ground along the WW I Western Front. These truces occurred in some areas, and were recognized by some troops, but…
