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A need for Great Expectations
By Walt Shepperd

Samadee became a school teacher quite by accident. With the opportunity that attracted him to town eliminated the day before he arrived from New York City, he took the advice of a friend and walked unannounced into the office at Madison, a junior high school on the periphery of the SU campus serving the then geographically contiguous local community of color. Word on the street, the friend told him, was that the school was having a hard time keeping its teachers, and indeed an obviously harried teacher was taking an abrupt leave from the building as he entered the office to enquire about employment. The school was the focus of a Ford Foundation project intended to prepare its students for racial integration of the city schools anticipated three years hence. The project coordinator, a turtle-necked jazz musician who wore sunglasses and lounged for the interview with his feet on his desk, sensed a Big Apple bond with Samadee, and suggested he hang for the day in the classroom... More | View all cover stories










Detroit Mayor Dave Bing to keynote Syracuse University's 27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Posted on 01/16/12
Syracuse University will hold its 27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in the Carrier Dome. This year’s theme is “A Living Legacy: The Fierce Urgency of Now.” Dave Bing ’66, H’06,... More

100 Black Men Challenges More Men to Step Up to Mentor Posted on 01/16/12
Syracuse, New York (January 9, 2012) — 100 Black Men of Syracuse Inc. and its parent organization, 100 Black Men of America, Inc., are using National Mentoring Month to challenge more African-American men to make a... More

‘Move Over’ Law Expanded Tow Trucks, Maintenance Vehicles Are Included Posted on 01/16/12
The “Move Over” traffic safety law was expanded on New Year’s Day to include tow truck operators and other authorized personnel involved in roadside assistance or highway maintenance. The law requires that, when... More



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