American Lawyers Auxiliary: Teacher of the Year Award Information

For over forty years, the American Lawyers Auxiliary has been active in its support of public education, citizenship awareness and other various service programs. Recognizing the vital role that teachers play in law-related education, the Auxiliary continues to sponsor its Law-Related Education Teacher of the Year Award. The purpose of this award is to honor teachers who have made significant contributions in the area of law-related education, and have developed programs that have:

· Furthered the understanding of the role of the courts, law enforcement agencies and the legal profession

· Helped students to recognize their duties as well as their rights

· Encouraged effective law related education programs in their schools and communities

· Increased communication between students, educators and those involved professionally in the legal system

Nominations for the 2010 Law Related Education Teacher of the Year may be made by a school administrator, coordinator, director, teacher, student, or any other interested party.

Materials must include:

1. A resume (maximum of one page)

2. Summarize law-related education activities (maximum of three pages)

3. Include two letters of recommendation from persons familiar with the project.

4. Include relevant supportive evidence such as newspaper articles or other publications regarding your program.

5. Complete entry not to exceed ten pages including recommendations and application. Only School Teachers are eligible.

6. No American Lawyers Auxiliary Board member may submit entries or write letters of recommendation for an applicant.

7. Entries cannot be returned to the sender.

8. Application can be faxed or e-mailed.

9. No application and material will be accepted after the cut off date, and must be postmarked by that date.

Each teacher selected will receive a $1,500.00 award to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Lawyers Auxiliary in San Francisco, California, August 6, 2010.

Entries must be postmarked no later than April 15, 2010 and sent to the appropriate award chair (Kitty O’Reilley, Elementary; Janey Petteiette, Middle or Junior High; Jan Lamoreaux, High School).

For more information regarding the Teacher of the Year Awards contact the appropriate representative listed below.

Elementary School Chairperson:

Kitty O’Reilley

5103 Fairglen Lane

Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Kitty.oreilley@verizon.net

Middle School Chairperson:

Janey Pettiette

525 Wilder Place

Shreveport, LA 71104

jypettiette@aol.com

High School Chairperson:

Jan Lamoreaux (pronounced Lam-a-ro)

3883 Les Lacs Avenue

Addison, TX 75001

janlam@tx.rr.com

The American Lawyers Auxiliary is a charitable, educational and nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote understanding and appreciation of the law and the American legal system.

Purchase of Mount Vernon: The Friend (Honolulu), October 1858

The following column appeared in the October 1858 edition of The Friend, a monthly newspaper edited and published in Honolulu by Rev. Samuel C. Damon of the American Seaman’s Friend Society. Damon's column references an oration on the character of Washington by Edward Everett. Click this link to a paper delivered by Roger Mudd delivered at the Annual George Washington Symposium in 2003. It is also available in pdf format. Click here for Everett's oration on the character of President Washington.

"By the last mail, re have received a monthly sheet, (just the size of the Friend) published in Philadelphia, and “devoted to the purchase of the home and grave of Washington.

As our readers are doubtless aware, an enterprise has been started among the ladies of the United States, to raise two hundred thousand dollars for the purchase of Mount Vernon, where Washington lived and died. It is designed to fit up the establishment as nearly as possible in the style in which it was left by the Father of his country.

The Hon. E. Everett, it is well known, has become deeply engaged in the enterprise. In behalf of the Fun, he has raised $40,000 by the sale of tickets to hear his Oration upon Washington’s character. He has delivered his oration seventy times, and promises to repeat it seven hundred and seventy times more if the people will pay their money for the purchase of Washington Domain.

We could wish Mr. Everett would visit California, and just make a trip to the Sandwich Islands, and we are confident the people of Honolulu would give a $1000 to hear him deliver his oration!

Report says the ladies of Honolulu are collecting subscriptions to add their quota to the General Fund. We have not heard how they succeed; but we say, success ladies, to your enterprise. No doubt success will crown your efforts.

The name Washington is very popular in Honolulu, for we have our ‘Washington Place,’ and portraits of him who was “first in war, first in peace,” &c., hang in almost every dwelling."

Book Review: Ten Hills Farm: The Forgotten History of Slavery in the North

The American Spectator has recently published a book review by George M. Wittman. The book is Ten Hills Farm: The Forgotten History of Slavery in the North. By C.S. Manegold (Princeton University Press, 345 pages, $29.95) As Wittman observes:

It is calculated that 1,200 Indians were enslaved before the end of the 1600s as well as an estimated 200 to 400 Africans, depending on the source. The pre-Revolutionary War census of Massachusetts in 1765 listed the number of black slaves as 5,779. These figures apparently do not include the Africans and Indians transshipped as cargo to the West Indies, the commerce that continued after the post-war emancipation to satisfy the supposed "equality of all." Approximately 5,000 slaves were quietly freed after the Revolution in Massachusetts in belated recognition of the state constitution's claim: "All men are born free and equal…" which, according to Manegold, when written in 1780, had no "intention to liberate all slaves…"

And:

One is struck by the talents Manegold, an experienced journalist and penetrating writer, displays in Ten Hills Farm. The history that evolved from this manor house and an initial 600 acre plot of land not only reflects the experiences of its several generations of owners and their neighbors over nearly 140 years, but defines the conquest and settlement of the of Massachusetts Bay Colony as a whole.

ASALH Call for Papers: The History of Black Economic Empowerment

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is soliciting papers and panels for its upcoming 95th Annual Convention in Raleigh, North Carolina, September 29-October 3, 2010.

This year’s conference theme is: “The History of Black Economic Empowerment.” Although the program committee welcomes papers and panels on any aspect of African and African American history and culture, special preference will be given to submissions directly related to this year’s theme.

Using a wide variety of disciplines, this year’s conference seeks to explore many important aspects of African American economic life historically. Although the majority of peoples of African descent in the Americas were enslaved laborers until the 1880s, even under the various colonial and national regimes
African Americans transferred many of their economic institutions and practices from Africa to the New World, and adaptations were made in the new economic and political environment.

During the era of slavery collective economic activities in South America and the Caribbean such as the creation of African markets were pursued to supplement the often meager provisions offered by slaveholders. With emancipation beginning in the British West Indies in the 1830s, African peoples acquired small parcels of land that were used for economic advancement. The conference plans to explore the economic practices and institutions developed by African Americans making the transition from slavery to freedom.

In the post-emancipation years, African Americans developed a wide variety of capitalistic and cooperative economic activities. In addition to the huge increase in property ownership between the 1860s and early 1900s, African American entrepreneurs and businesses emerged and many prospered providing goods and services to the separate African American market. Papers providing scholarly analyses of the emergence of black businesses and entrepreneurs will be given particular attention.

Institutions formed to assist and improve the economic conditions for black workers in various parts of the country will also be examined. This year marks the centennial of the National Urban League and we plan to explore its role in advancing the economic circumstances for black workers and migrants to urban areas in the United States.

Given the recent changes in the global economy, papers offering comparative and/or interdisciplinary analyses of the impact of the larger political economy on African American economic life in the past and currently are particularly welcome.

The deadline for the submission of paper and panel proposals is 30 April 2010. Proposals should be submitted electronically and should include:

Title of paper or panel, author(s) and affiliation(s), an abstract of paper or panel of 200-250 words, and all contact information.

Proposals should be submitted to this link.

Academic Program Chair, Carlton E. Wilson, at cwilson@nccu.edu.

Lemuel Haynes 1753 – 1833

Lemuel Haynes was probably the first African American ordained by a mainstream Protestant Church in the United States. Haynes, the abandoned child of an African father and "a white woman of respectable ancestry," was born in 1753 at West Hartford, Connecticut. Five months later, he was bound to service until the age of 21 to David Rose of Middle Granville, Massachusetts.

With only a rudimentary formal education, Haynes developed a passion for books, especially the Bible and books on theology. As an adolescent, he frequently conducted services at the town parish, sometimes reading sermons of his own.

To learn more about this remarkable African American minister please click this link to PBS.org.

Also, see this link from Cengage Learning about Rev. Hayes' life and legacy.

Click this link for a book review of Black Puritan, Black Republican: The Life and Thought of Lemuel Haynes, 1753–1833. By John Saillant. Religion in America Series. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. xii, 232. $39.95.) Reviewed by James Sidbury , University of Texas at Austin.

Naval History and Heritage Command: African Americans and the U.S. Navy - 1870s and 1880s

As a follow-up to Monday’s news-blog posting on the Naval History and Heritage Command the History Education Council of Hawaii calls attention to a photographic exhibit entitled African Americans and the U.S. Navy -1870s and 1880s. Please click this link to additional materials about African Americans and the U.S. Navy. These photographic images are available for history buffs, teachers and students alike for classroom use.

Educational Resources: Naval History and Heritage Command

Today's Honolulu Advertiser reported the discovery and identification of a sunken World War II submarine, the USS Flier, in the Philippines' Balabac Strait. Click here for the article.

The article notes the role of the Naval History and Heritage Command, the official history program of the Department of the Navy. Its lineage dates back to 1800 with the founding of the Navy Department Library by President John Adams. The Command now includes a museum, art gallery, research library, archives, underwater archaeology and curator as well as research and writing programs. The Command's origins form a rich history in themselves.

Its web site features a variety of educational and historical research resources available to educators, students, historians and history buffs. For example, click here for the U.S. Navy Museum's Teacher Resource Page.