By Dr. Frances “Toni” DraperAFRO Publisher and CEO When my sixth-grade teacher, Pauline Paysour, mailed me an envelope in July 1994, I nearly dismissed it as a kind gesture from the past. Inside were two treasures: her beautifully handwritten letter and a single story I’d written years earlier, titled “Elsbeth, An English Peasant Girl – […]
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Don’t cut what counts: Protect public library funding in Baltimore County
Dear editor at Baltimore AFRO American, As a regular patron of the Baltimore County library system, and a retired librarian who worked at the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries and at Stevenson University, I’m writing to express my support for continuing funding of public library services in Baltimore County. I see first hand the people who […]