Today is our public celebration of the January 15 birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr (1929-1968) who was both preacher and poet in the "I have a dream" speech he delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963.
Dr King's speech began with:
Five score years ago, a great American,
in whose symbolic shadow we stand
signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
This momentous decree came as a
great beacon light of hope
to millions of Negro slaves who had been
seared in the flames of withering injustice.
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Monday, January 16, 2017
Monday, January 17, 2022
Eyes on the Prize
Today, the 3rd Monday in January, we celebrate the birthday of civil rights leader, Rev Martin Luther King, Jr,, (1929-1968) -- and I have been refreshing my memory of his courageous activity by watching episodes of the award-winning television series about civil rights struggles in the US, "Eyes on the Prize."
Here, in King's words (from his 1957 book, Stride Toward Freedom):
If
you
can't fly
then run, if
you can't run then walk,
if you can't walk then crawl, but what-
ever you do you have to keep moving forward . . .
Download of a pdf of Stride Toward Freedom is available here.
Previous postings in this blog featuring Martin Luther King may be found here.
Monday, January 18, 2021
Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr
Today as a nation we remember and pay tribute to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) -- Baptist minster, Civil Rights leader -- a brave man who was assassinated for his fearless and humanitarian views.
Here are a few of his words.
We must accept
finite disappointment
but never lose
infinite hope.
Freedom is never
voluntarily given
by the oppressor;
it must be demanded
by the oppressed.
This link leads to previous posts in this blog that celebrate this hero.
Friday, February 4, 2022
Words from Martin Luther King Jr.
During this Black History Month or any month, Martin Luther King Jr is a man to remember and to honor. His words have appeared in these earlier posts and, below, I offer a quote that is one of my mathy favorites:
We must accept
finite disappointment
but never lose
infinite hope.
Monday, January 15, 2018
Honor Martin Luther King -- think on his words!
Celebrating the birthday of Martin Luther King (1929-1968)
with his words-- which include several mathy terms.
We must accept
finite disappointment
but never lose
infinite hope. Freedom is never
voluntarily given
by the oppressor;
it must be demanded
by the oppressed.
When you are right
you cannot be too radical;
when you are wrong,
you cannot be too conservative.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Dr King's dream and Black math students
Today is our public celebration of the January 15 birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr (1929-1968) who was both preacher and poet in the "I have a dream" speech he delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963.
Thursday, July 1, 2021
Looking back . . . to previous posts . . .
BROWSE and ENJOY!
Back in January 2020 I gathered a list of titles of previous posts and posted it here at this link. And below I offer titles of postings -- with links -- since that time.
And, if you are looking for a post on a particular topic,
you are invited to explore the SEARCH feature in the right-hand column
OR to browse the list of Labels (also to the right) -- and click on ones that interest you.
you are invited to explore the SEARCH feature in the right-hand column
OR to browse the list of Labels (also to the right) -- and click on ones that interest you.
TITLES OF POSTS (with links)
June, 2021
May, 2021
Monday, August 15, 2022
Do more to fight injustice!
In this 5 x 3 syllable-rectangle we have an important and poetic reminder from Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968); let us remember and act on his words:
“Injustice
anywhere
is a threat
to justice
everywhere.”
I have a dream . . .
Monday, April 3, 2017
Math-Stat Awareness Month -- find a poem!
APRIL is Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month
AND
National Poetry Month!
Celebrate with a MATHY POEM, found here in this blog! Scroll down!
AND
National Poetry Month!
Celebrate with a MATHY POEM, found here in this blog! Scroll down!
If you are looking for mathy poems on a particular topic, the SEARCH box in the right-column may help you find them. For example, here is a link to posts found when I searched using the term "parallel." And here are posts that include the term "angle." To find a list of additional useful search terms, scroll down the right-hand column.
For your browsing pleasure, here are the titles and dates of previous blog postings,
moving backward from the present. Enjoy!
Mar 31 Math and poetry in filmMar 28 Split this Rock, Freedom Plow Award, April 21
Mar 27 Math-themed poems at Poets.org
Mar 23 Remember Emmy Noether!
Monday, January 20, 2020
Remember -- and Celebrate
Today as we remember Martin Luther King, I invite you to visit postings in this blog that celebrate his life -- follow this link.
And here is a link to
And one more link --
this one to The Mathematician's Project
("Mathematicians Are Not Just White Dudes.")
Monday, March 18, 2019
Looking back . . . titles, links to previous posts
For your browsing pleasure,here are titles and links to previous blog postings. Below are listed linked-titles of posts from 2018 and up-to now in 2019 and here is a link to a list of titles and links for posts prior to 2018.
- March 13 An Interview of/by a Mathy Poet
- March 11 Celebrate Pi-Day on 3.14
- March 6 Celebrate Math-Women with Poems!
- March 4 Math in 17 Syllables
- Solving for X, Searching for LIFE
- Stories of Black Mathematicians (event postponed)
- All Numbers are Interesting . . .
- George Washington, cherry tree, lifespan . . .
- Musical sounds of math words -- in a CENTO
- If 2017 was a poem title . . .
- Mathematics and Valentine's Day
- Speed flunking math . . . NO, NO!
- Quantum Lyrics -- Poems
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Blog history -- title, links for previous posts . . .
My first posting in this blog was nearly eight years ago (on March 23, 2010). If, at the time, I had anticipated its duration, I should have made a plan for organizing the posts. But my ambitions were small. During the time I was teaching mathematics at Bloomsburg University, I gathered poetry (and various historical materials) for assigned readings to enrich the students' course experiences. After my retirement, I had time to want to share these materials -- others were doing well at making historical material accessible to students but I thought poetry linked to mathematics needed to be shared more. And so, with my posting of a poem I had written long ago celebrating the mathematical life of Emmy Noether, this blog began. Particular topics featured often in postings include -- verse that celebrate women, verses that speak out against discrimination, verses that worry about climate change.
You're invited to:Scroll through the titles below, browsing to find items of interest
among the more-than-nine-hundred postings since March 2010
OR
Click on any label -- a list is found in the right-hand column below the author profile
OR
Enter term(s) in the SEARCH box -- and find all posts containing those terms.
For example, here is a link to the results of a SEARCH using math women
And here is a link to a poem by Brian McCabe that celebrates math-woman Sophie Germain.
This link reaches a poem by Joan Cannon that laments her math-anxiety.
This poem expresses some of my own divided feelings.
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