Sarah Mitchell of Burgettstown penned the story, aimed for young adults ages 13-18, in a notebook nearly 20 years ago and then put it away. Over the next two decades she would take the book out, as time allowed, and work on it.
鈥淭here were years when I didn鈥檛 touch it, " said Mitchell. ...
As a Mapletown Junior-Senior High School student walks to class, they might glimpse a white rabbit pointing to the time on a pocket watch.
If they鈥檝e got enough time to ignore the rabbit鈥檚 warning, they might also notice the Red Queen, Alice, Humpty Dumpty and a menagerie of towering ...
According to historians who have closely studied his hectic life and the tumultuous times in which he lived, Alexander Clark may be one of the most important figures in Black history that you鈥檝e never heard of.
So just who was he?
He was born almost 200 years ago in Washington, on Feb. 25, ...