{"id":9327,"date":"2019-10-07T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/?p=9327"},"modified":"2020-01-22T13:30:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T20:30:47","slug":"9327-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/9327-2\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week In History"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The artist’s role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more completely. That’s how I see it. Otherwise, I don’t know why you do it.” –<\/em> Amiri Baraka (1934 – 2014)<\/p>\n

Born this week as Leroi Jones, his book, Black Fire: an\u00a0 anthology of Afro-American writing,<\/strong> <\/i>may be found in our General Collection at PS508.N3 B333 2007<\/p>\n

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In remembrance of the contributions made by inventor Elijah McCoy, AKA “The Real McCoy”, who passed away this week in 1929.<\/p>\n

He received over 50 patents in his lifetime. You can find more about him and other inventors in\u00a0 Great Discoveries and Inventions by African-Americans <\/em>which may be found in our General Collection at T39.F69 2012.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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This week in 1939. Theoretical physicist Albert Einstein informed 32nd President of the USA, Franklin D. Roosevelt, of the possibilities of an atomic bomb.<\/p>\n

“The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything, save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em>– Albert Einstein<\/p>\n

To learn more, <\/span>Albert Einstein Creator & Rebel<\/i><\/strong>, may be found at QC16.E5 H64 1972<\/span><\/p>\n

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