
Dr. Eugene
Williams, one of the authors of Outstanding African-Americans: A Text Reconstruction
Program for Improving Writing, Reading, and Reasoning Skills, says:
"Text Reconstruction is a powerful method for improving
writing, reasoning, and reading skills. Working through these exercises strengthens
a student's ability to write papers with fewer spelling and grammar errors, and with
better logical organization.
In addition, I believe it would be useful for all
students to read these biographies and learn about the history of racial discrimination in
America -- the discrimination that Satchel Paige and Marian Anderson encountered, that
Thurgood Marshall, Dr. King, and Jesse Jackson fought -- in order to better understand the
need for continued vigilance to ensure that prejudice in educational and economic
opportunities can no longer exist.
It would also be useful for all students to read these
biographies to learn about the work of black Americans such as Charles Drew and Garrett
Morgan, so that they would see the contributions to human progress that African-Americans
can make if given a fair chance."
Dr. Eugene Williams Sr., Director
Potential National Merit Scholars Program
Washington, D.C.
Potential National Merit Scholars Program
Washington, D.C.
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