This Juneteenth, A Newly Uncovered Poem On Slavery, By A Slave There’s a brand new poem to add to Juneteenth celebrations this year. It’s a previously unknown work by the country’s first published black writer, Jupiter Hammon. UT Arlington grad student Julie McCown, uncovered the handwritten poem while looking for a specific piece of Hammon’s work. The piece , called “ An Essay on Slavery," was buried in documents at the Manuscripts and Archives at Yale ...
June 19, 2013 - KERA North Texas
Sounds That Are The Most Disruptive To Sleep What?s keeping you up at night? Harvard astrophysics grad student Jon Bittner surveyed over 100 respondents for apartment-sharing site SplitWise.com to determine the primary offenders--and financial costs--of nocturnal disturbances.
June 18, 2013 - Forbes