23rd Annual
Black Leadership Symposium
Quest for Your Best & Take the Lead
Thursday • October 23, 2008
Kansas Union, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan.
Book Review Contest:
Reading Gets You There
WIN A CASH PRIZE!
Show your leadership skills by reading a book and writing about it! Read any or all of the books on the list and choose one to review. A panel of judges will select three students to win either a $100, $75 or $50 cash prize for the best book review. Winners will be announced during the symposium.
Book reviews will be judged on these criteria:
- Writing style and use of language
- Grammar and punctuation
- Depth of understanding of the book
- Critical thinking and analysis
- Clarity and creativity
Submission guidelines: Provide your name, grade, school, home address and home phone number. Deadline for submission is Monday, October 6, 2008.
Must attend symposium to win.
Mail your submission to: Reading Gets You There, The University
of Kansas, Multicultural Affairs Office, Attn: Pamela Scott,
145 Strong Hall, 1450 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 66045
Reading List For 9th And 10th Grades
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass
- Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years,
by Sarah and Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth
- Not Without Laughter , by Langston Hughes
- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl , by Harriet Jacobs
- Sonny’s Blues , by James Baldwin
- Everyday Use , by Alice Walker
Reading List For 11th And 12th Grades
- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, by Ernest J. Gaines
- Up from Slavery, by Booker T. Washington
- The Souls of Black Folk, by W.E.B. DuBois
- The Big Sea, by Langston Hughes
- Their Eyes Were Watching God , by Zora Neale Hurston
- Jubilee, by Margaret Walker
- Black Boy, by Richard Wright
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How to Register
Students: Contact your counselor for more information.
Counselors: If you did not get a symposium brochure through the mail,
please contact KU Continuing Education. If you would like to download a registration form in a PDF file, contact KU Continuing Education for the username and password, then click the link below.
Download the form here.
Contact Us
Phone:
785-864-5823
or toll free 877-404-5823
Mail Address:
KU Continuing Education
1515 St. Andrews Drive
Lawrence, KS 66047-1625 USA
Fax:
785-864-4871
E-mail:
kuce@ku.edu
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