Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e95GlF908383; Thu, 5 Oct 2000 12:47:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 12:47:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <003301c02eeb$9bdb32c0$6f4ab23f@hppav> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Mary Ann Corley" <macorley1@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:146] PBS LiteracyLink Discussion with George Dawson X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 Status: O Content-Length: 1562 Lines: 36 The following is cross-posted from the NIFL-Workplace list: ********************************************* Join PBS LiteracyLink for a discussion with our very special forum guest George Dawson. At 102, George Dawson is not only a new reader but also a first time author. This year, Mr. Dawson, who now reads at about a fourth grade level, and Richard Glaubman, a 50 year-old elementary school teacher from Washington State, published "Life Is So Good" (Random House). Born in 1898 in Marshall, Texas, the grandson of slaves, George Dawson tells how his father, despite hardships, always believed in seeing the richness in life and trained his children to do the same. Dawson begins his story with an emotional bang: his account of witnessing the lynching of a young African-American man falsely accused of rape. America's racial caste system and his reading difficulties emerge as the two biggest obstacles in Dawson's life. You are invited to read a moving excerpt from George Dawson's book,"Life Is So Good.". Then, submit your questions to him through October 15. Check back on November 1 to read the questions and answers. To access the LitLinker Forum and the Question and Answer page go to http://www.pbs.org/literacy/forum/george/george.html or go to our homepage at www.pbs.org/literacy and then click on LitLinker Forum with George Dawson. ******************************************* Tonyea Tharpe PBS LiteracyLink 1320 Braddock Place Alexandria, VA 22314 Tel: 703-739-5131 Fax: 703-739-8495 email: ttharpe@pbs.org website: www.pbs.org/literacy
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