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Profiles in Courage for Our Time
by Caroline Kennedy Rating: ••• (Recommended) |
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Campfire Stories Caroline Kennedy has edited a collection
of fourteen essays about Profile in Courage award winners over the past
decade. Profiles
in Courage for Our Time present reflective and inspirational stories
about individuals who faced opposition for standing firm for what they
believed. He stories tell as much about the tactics of those opposed to the
award winners as about the character of the courageous. Here’s an excerpt from the end of Marian
Wright Edelman’s essay about Dr. Corkin Cherubini, the sixth winner of the
Profile in Courage Award. Cherubini was superintendent of schools in Calhoun
County Georgia and attacked race-based student tracking. “It is always the
courage acts of a few people that keep the world moving forward. In Dr. King’s
wise words: ‘Human progress is neither automatic not inevitable. Even a
superficial look at history reveals that no social advance rolls in on the
wheels of inevitability. Every step toward the goal of justice requires
sacrifice, suffering, and the tireless exertions and passionate concern of
dedicated individuals.’ Similarly, John F. Kennedy pointed out in Profiles
in Courage, ‘The stories of past courage … can teach, they can offer
hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For
this each man must look into his own soul.’ Dr. Corkin Cherubini looked into
his own soul and made the choice to stand up for justice and for all the
children of Calhoun County, Georgia. Because he did, he is indeed a profile
in courage. His courageous act was especially important because he stood up
for children, who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves and cannot
contribute to the next campaign or turn out in the next election. I hope Dr.
Cherubini’s example of servant leadership will inspire all of us to care, and
to serve, and to stand courageously until we become a nation where no child
is left behind.” Some essays are written better than
others, but all are inspiring to read, whether you knew much about the
individual profiled or not. Here are the fourteen profiles and authors: Carl Elliott,
Sr., by Michael Beschloss Some of the stories of personal courage
will bring tears to your eyes. Each story will inspire you. Steve Hopkins, June 26, 2002 |
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issue of Executive
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