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In Brazil, a program called “Remission for Reading” allows prisoners to reduce their sentences by 4…
Cherokee writing system
The Cherokee writing system, one of the only examples in history of an official script being invented from scratch by a member of a non-literate group, was created by a man named Sequoyah. Within just 25 years of its creation, nearly 100% of the Cherokee population was literate, and the script served as inspiration for… Read More »
