Father|Friend|Education Enthusiast|Senior Pastor, Burnett Ave. Baptist Church| JCPS Board Member District 6
Louisville, KY
Joined June 2010
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Corrie Shull retweeted
Dolly Parton spent decades quietly funding band uniforms and instruments at Black high schools across the South - never once putting her name on it. No headlines, no fanfare — just help, given because it was needed.
Rhinestones on the outside, gold on the inside. 💛
Corrie Shull retweeted
Today, let us remember Martin Luther King as he TRULY was: A Black radical anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, revolutionary Christian internationalist who was deemed an enemy of the State and assassinated for his radical work. Just about everything else is a lie.
Corrie Shull retweeted
Mary McLeod Bethune finally gets her due in new biography
A recently published book by scholar Noliwe Rooks burnishes the legacy of the trailblazing educator and activist, all while correcting misconceptions about her life and work
theemancipator.org/2024/08/0…
Corrie Shull retweeted
What did A. Philip Randolph, WEB DuBois, Ella Baker, Stokley Carmichael, The Founders of the NAACP, Cornel West, James Farmer Sr, Howard Thurman and Martin Luther King Jr. have in common? All of them are democratic socialists.
Corrie Shull retweeted
Bloomberg Philanthropies is announcing a $600 million gift to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools.
$175M each will go to Howard University, Meharry Medical College, and Morehouse Medicine. Charles Drew University will receive $75M. apnews.com/article/mike-bloo…
JCPS busing decision reignited discussions about educational equity for future generations
courier-journal.com/story/op…
The JCPS Diversity, Equity, and Poverty Department and JCPS Athletics will host a clinic and informational event for female student-athletes and coaches of female sports teams. Learn more in the flyer below.
Corrie Shull retweeted
Proverbs 10:1 Parenting is 5 stages:
1. 1-11 kids ROMANTICIZE u
2. 12-17 they DEMONIZE u
3. 18-24 they UTILIZE u (they need your money)
4. 25-40 they HUMANIZE u (they r now parents, they learn it’s not easy)
5. 40 and up they IDOLIZE u. (It’s when u pass they realize your value.)
Corrie Shull retweeted
Summer is around the corner and we are now accepting registrations for our Summer 2023 "Literacy &" Camps.
Summer camp themes will include fitness, photography, fencing, DJ'ing, karate and more!
Register online at jcps.me/summerlearning.
I hope you’ll join me April 5-16 for “Party People'' at @ATLouisville. This revolutionary musical by the award-winning UNIVERSES, tells the story of the Black Panther Party and Young Lords Organization based on interviews with party members.
Corrie Shull retweeted
Charnelle Pinkney Barlow’s new picture book (her first as both illustrator and author) imagines the childhood of the singer and guitar hero Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Chris Raschka has our review. nyti.ms/3JrTFt2
Corrie Shull retweeted
During the height of lynching n 1892, the white press blamed it on black criminality. A dying Frederick Douglas, a young W. E. B. Du Bois and a opportunist Booker T. Washington believed the white press. But a black woman pushed back against the narrative. Her name is Ida B. Wells
Corrie Shull retweeted
Celebrating Elmer Lucille Allen, who in 1966 became the first Black chemist at Brown-Forman, one of the largest in the spirit distillers.
I’m very proud of Burnett Ave.’s collaboration with Rabbi Freed (@SeriousRabbi), the Keneseth Israel Congregation and the Louisville Orchestra! It has been refreshing!
Thanks to @Joe_Gerth for highlighting this program I've been working on with @LouOrch, @corrieshull and a number of other wonderful partners. Not sure if it's the headline I would have chosen, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ courier-journal.com/story/op…
Corrie Shull retweeted
Property owners who are 65+ can receive the Homestead Exemption on their primary residence. If you are eligible, the exemption amount is subtracted from your property’s assessed value, reducing your property tax liability. For more info visit ow.ly/N1Ml50N96KF #LULHousing
Corrie Shull retweeted
Rev. @corrieshull and I took our daughters on a field trip to the swearing in of Congressman @MorganMcGarvey. We wanted them to get a good civics education. @DrCCosby
