Letters to the editor Oct 10, 2008
Dr. Ruth Harriet Jacobs High Ledge Avenue Shouldn t we wait on high school, given a possible recession. For months there has been much talk about building a new high school about whether to demolish the present 1938 building and build a totally new structure or to renovate the original building. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Wellesleys seniors focus on their need for a place of their own Sep 19, 2008
If you build it, they will come, Senior Study Committee member Ruth Harriet Jacobs told fellow participants at the first focus group on Tuesday, Sept. 16. Jacobs recalled using the existing senior center this past summer. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Plays on Tap looks relationships, from a barstool Feb 15, 2008
Current Huntington playwriting fellow Lydia Diamond's "Harriet Jacobs" (July 9-20) will follow "The Atheist." Tony-award winner Julie White will star in the world premiere of Theresa Rebeck's "The Understudy" (July 23-Aug. 3). (Boston Globe)
Local graduate authors book on African American christians Aug 21, 2007
One was the tale of Harriet Jacobs, a slave who had to deal with the sexual advances of her master. Her grandmother stood up to the man, but at the same time, showed compassion for him and instructed him to pray. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Historical society celebrates 10-year anniversary Feb 27, 2007
Authors such as Harriet Jacobs, Herman Melville, Frederick Douglass and Lydia Child are been profiled. "The teachers can then put curriculum together for young people," Ms. Blake said. (The Standard-Times, MA)
Black History Lessons For Whites Feb 21, 2007
Andrews edited The North Carolina Roots of African American Literature: An Anthology, whichcollects the works of eight important black North Carolina authors who lived and wrote before, during and shortly after the Civil War, including Harriet Jacobs, Charles Chesnutt, and George Moses Horton, the slave who earned money writing poetry for students at UNC, which recently named a dormitory in his honor. 3. (Up & Coming Magazine, NC)
