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Iacrossthealley-400x400f you’ve seen or read the children’s books, Fire on the Mountain by Jane Kurtz or Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes, you have seen the work of famed children’s book illustrator, E.B. Lewis. He has illustrated more than 65 books, and has won the Coretta Scott King Award and the Caldecott Medal. Mr. Lewis is also an educator and presents, and teaches classes and workshops at schools all over the nation. Recently, he visited Plantersville Elementary School in Georgetown to promote literacy. That visit led to him adopting the school. In the coming months, he will spend time there working with administrators, teachers and students. Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Mr. Lewis on today’s edition of Insight, which airs at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.

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Over the next 15 years, the population of those over 65 years old in South Carolina is expected to grow to more than 2 million people, creating a myriad of challenges for the state, families and organizations and agencies that serve the aging. To help address the challenges, a new nonprofit, nonpartisan organization has been formed. It’s Sustaining Our Seniors of South Carolina. The president of the organization’s board of directors, Coretta Bedsole spoke with Bhakti Larry Hough about the organization and issues facing seniors for the current edition of Insight airing today at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.

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Thurgood Marshall arriving in Charleston, SC, for the Briggs v. Eliot trial in 1951.

By the time Cecil Williams of Orangeburg was 14 years old, he was taking pictures of Civil Rights activities and luminaries for a national magazine, Jet, the African American-owned publication based in Chicago. He went on to become one of the nation’s premier photographers of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina and capture some of the transformative moments in the state and the nation’s history. His images have appeared in 126 books, many newspapers and 11 TV documentaries. He is the author of three books primarily based on his experiences as a civil rights photographer. Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Williams, who is still working as a photographer today, on the current edition of Insight.

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South Carolina ranks 14th nationally in both cervical cancer incidence and mortality. Three African American women die from cervical cancer for every white woman who does, though the disease is almost entirely preventable through timely screening, according to Dr. Jennifer Young Pierce of the South Carolina Cervical Cancer-Free Coalition. Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Dr. Pierce in observance of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month during the current edition of Insight.

This edition of Insight airs today, 1/22, and again on Monday, 1/27, at 10:00 AM, 7:00 PM and midnight.

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Here’s what’s coming up on Radio Baha’i for the week of Jan. 20th

MONDAY – Insight: Jamie Muldrow of the SC Chapter of the American Red Cross talks about the need for blood donations, the donation process and how the blood is used.

TUESDAY – Peace Talks Radio: "MLK: Three Landmark Speeches". Peace Talks Radio producer Paul Ingles interviews two leading King scholars, asking each to pick speeches to focus on.

WEDNESDAY – All-new Insight: Topic to be announced.

SATURDAY – Parents’ Journal: "Healthy, Active Playtime in the First Years" with guest, Dr. David Elkind, Professor Emeritus in Child Development at Tufts University and author of The Power of Play; and "Toddler Nutrition & Feeding Tips" with Elizabeth Ward, author of The Complete Idiots Guide to Feeding Your Baby & Toddler

SUNDAY – Peace Talks Radio: "Regarding Gandhi." The life and legacy of Mohandas Gandhi is recalled by Arun Gandhi (Mohandas Gandhi's grandson) and Gandhi scholar John Dear.

All programs air at 10:00 AM, 7:00 PM, and midnight Eastern Time.

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