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Aunt Joyce, the writer

May 18, 2021May 11, 2021 jdmurphy315

Joyce Rapp, the longtime Lima town historian and my great aunt, died in April at age 96.

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New book on history of Black Rochester

May 10, 2021 jdmurphy315

Good news for those anxiously awaiting the publication of my book: another author at Cornell University Press, Laura Warren Hill, has just published a book

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Here’s the title!

April 21, 2021April 20, 2021 jdmurphy315

My book will be titled “Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger,” after a James Baldwin essay.

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Two upcoming events; RIP Bob Stevenson

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 jdmurphy315

I’ll be giving my presentation on the history of housing and education segregation in Rochester twice this week, if you’re interested in watching. First at

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An honor for Alice Young

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 jdmurphy315

Alice Young was the first Black principal in the Rochester City School District.

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Andrew Ray and minority teachers

March 15, 2021 jdmurphy315

The factors working against Black educators in the Rochester City School District today are the same that affected Andrew Ray in 1976.

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The long fight for anti-racist curriculum

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 jdmurphy315

There has been a movement toward culturally responsive curriculum in Rochester for decades, but progress has been fitful.

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How to acquit a police officer

February 24, 2021February 23, 2021 jdmurphy315

Yesterday in Rochester, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a grand jury declined to indict the Rochester police officers involved in the death of

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Florence Sprague, Rochester’s first Black teacher

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 jdmurphy315

Florence Sprague became the first Black teacher in Rochester history when she was hired at School 24 in 1889.

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Is Rochester the worst?

February 8, 2021 jdmurphy315

What does a new national data release from the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University say about Rochester’s national standing?

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