by Tammy Ditmore | Feb 7, 2026 | Black History Month
The Snowy Day was the first children’s book featuring an African American character to win the Caldecott Medal, one of the most prestigious awards for children’s literature. This beautiful, simple little book by Ezra Jack Keats follows Peter as he explores...
by Tammy Ditmore | Feb 6, 2026 | Black History Month
I frequently travel through the Austin airport and whenever I do, I always try to stop at least briefly at the statue of Barbara Jordan to honor her remarkable life. Jordan was the first African American woman in in the Texas Senate (1966-72) and the first African...
by Tammy Ditmore | Feb 5, 2026 | Black History Month
I didn’t know anything about Ida B. Wells until fairly recently, but as a former journalist, her story inspires me so much. Wells was an outspoken, African American, female journalist in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when those things just did not go together....
by Tammy Ditmore | Feb 4, 2026 | Editing
I’ve heard lots of great speakers at Pepperdine University over the years, but Ruby Bridges was definitely one of the most inspiring when I heard her in 2016. Ruby was sent to a previously all-white school in New Orleans when she was six years old. Every day for...
by Tammy Ditmore | Feb 3, 2026 | Editing
The Harlem Hellfighters was one of the most highly decorated American units in World War I. They spent more time in continuous combat than any similar American unit: 191 days on the front lines and suffered more losses than any other American regiment, with more than...