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                                                                    _In reality 'learning' and 'change' are synonymous. Change is not an issue if it makes sense to and is 'owned' by those involved, rather than being arbitrarily imposed. An appreciation that change is a continual process, involving confusion and difficulty, is vital for future learners. 'It is not change that kills it is the transitions'.

                                                                    Isadore Banks 

                                                                    An amazing African-American World War I veteran was honored  April 08, 2010  in a long overdue ceremony in Arkansas. The vet was named Isadore Banks, one of the wealthiest black landowners in the town of Marion. With his bare hands, Banks helped to not only bring electricity to his entire town in the 1920’s, but he would unselfishly buy school supplies for black schools. The strategic businessman started his own cotton gin business that prevented black farmers to be infiltrated by white farmers. 
                                                                    Please watch this CNN report on Isadore Banks:  http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/04/after-57-years-break-in-civil-rights-era-cold-case/

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