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Jacobson, Joel, Seattle, Washington

Joel Jacobson has taught language arts in the Seattle Public Schools since 2008. He currently teaches at Nathan Hale High School where he works with a diverse population in inclusive classrooms. He chose to teach at Nathan Hale, the school he graduated from, because of its commitment to the princ

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Kilpatrick-White, David, Bothell, Washington

David Kilpatrick-White is Social Studies teacher at Bothell High School and Canyon Park Junior High in Bothell Washington. He teaches 8th grade U.S. History, 9th grade World History, and 11th grade U.S. History. Last year he taught 10th grade World History and 12th grade U.S. Government at

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Stevie Wonder is an internationally renowned singer, song writer and musician. He was born on May 13, 1950, in Saginaw, Michigan. His birth name was Steveland Hardaway Judkins and as a result of being born premature, he was kept in the incubator where an over exposure to oxygen caused him to lose

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Andrew Jackson Beard hailed from Eastlake, Alabama, a small town outside of Birmingham. With the emergence of the railroad industry and its rapid expansion throughout the country, an alarming number of railmen suffered serious injuries to their arms and legs when they were crushed during manual

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Young, Andrew (Seattle)

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Bray, Keve (1925--1972)

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Gaborone, Botswana (1880- )

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C.R. Patterson & Sons Company (1893-1939)

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Born on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio as Chloe Anthony Wofford, Toni Morrison is an American author, editor and professor who won the 1993 Nobel Prize in literature for being an author “who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of

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