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- New Book Studies Influence of Apostle John’s Time in Exile
Floyd I. Buffenbarger’s “The History of Revelation” combines historical inquiry with biblical scholarship (PRWeb February 08, 2012) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/2/prweb9177963.htm - Little Miss African American Scholarship Pageant Fits For Black History Month
*The Little Miss African American Scholarship Pageant celebrates Black History Month 2012 with this year’s event slated for be held Sunday, February 12, 2012, 4:00 p.m. at the Wishire Ebell Theater,4401 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles. The longest running pageant for little African American misses, the scholarship event has a history of dedication to continuing a legacy [...] - HOPE, lottery brainchild, nearly gone at age 20
Editor’s note: Though the scholarship is still paying for almost 90 percent of tuition, money problems and depletion are on legislator’s and educators’ minds. The Red & Black tracked the history of the scholarship in what could one day be its obituary. At just a year shy of 21, the HOPE Scholarship may be pronounced [...] - Black History Scholarship Musical
Brandie Lewis, Charity McGowan and Helen Lewis perform as 'The Lewis Family Young, Gifted & Talented' during Saturday evening's Black History Scholarship Fund Musical. The show was organized by the Black Awareness Committee. - History amended by earliest recording of sound
Thomas Edison came up with a way to play back recorded sound in 1878. But 20 years before the inventor patented the phonograph, French scientist Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville was fiddling around in his laboratory trying to come up with a way to record sound. His invention, the phonautogram, enabled him to create a visual representation of his voice. - One of the Nation's Top Historians Decides It's Time to Embrace Wikipedia
The world of academic scholarship -- particularly the field of history -- has at times had a strained relationship with the massive collaborative project that is Wikipedia. In 2007, for example, the history ...