Novelist and park ranger Shelton Johnson has long been troubled by the fact that less than one percent of the visitors to Yosemite National Park in California are African Americans. One of only a few African American rangers employed by the National Park Service, the Detroit native says his life was transformed when he visited a national park as a child. Now Johnson works hard to inspire other inner-city African Americans to experience the U.S. national parks.
Novelist and park ranger Shelton Johnson has long been troubled by the fact that less than one percent of the visitors to Yosemite National Park in California are African Americans. One of only a few African American rangers employed by the National Park Service, the Detroit native says his life was transformed when he visited a national park as a child. Now Johnson works hard to inspire other inner-city African Americans to experience the U.S. national parks.
Novelist and park ranger Shelton Johnson has long been troubled by the fact that less than one percent of the visitors to Yosemite National Park in California are African Americans. One of only a few African American rangers employed by the National Park Service, the Detroit native says his life was transformed when he visited a national park as a child. Now Johnson works hard to inspire other inner-city African Americans to experience the U.S. national parks.
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University of Missouri–St. Louis musicologist Diane Touliatos-Miles edited a book that drops bombshells that are sure to shake up the status quo. The most controversial being that Homer did not write his epic poems “Illiad” and “Odyssey,” but that a woman did. In “Her...
University of Missouri–St. Louis musicologist Diane Touliatos-Miles edited a book that drops bombshells that are sure to shake up the status quo. The most controversial being that Homer did not write his epic poems “Illiad” and “Odyssey,” but that a woman did. In “Her...
University of Missouri–St. Louis musicologist Diane Touliatos-Miles edited a book that drops bombshells that are sure to shake up the status quo. The most controversial being that Homer did not write his epic poems “Illiad” and “Odyssey,” but that a woman did. In “Her...
The 17th annual “What Is a City?” conference at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will meet this year at the intersection of science and humanities. Presented by The Center for the Humanities at UMSL, the two-day conference will cover a broad range of topics tied...
The 17th annual “What Is a City?” conference at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will meet this year at the intersection of science and humanities. Presented by The Center for the Humanities at UMSL, the two-day conference will cover a broad range of topics tied...
The 17th annual “What Is a City?” conference at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will meet this year at the intersection of science and humanities. Presented by The Center for the Humanities at UMSL, the two-day conference will cover a broad range of topics tied...
