Dakota School makes learning fun and informative for elementary students When COVID-19 forced the nationwide transition to online learning, schoolchildren found themselves at home trying to transition to the concept along with their parents. Ten-year-old Dakota Adeyemi was in a similar situation, but managed to keep herself busy by searching for Black history on the Read More…
His new project about African samurai Yasuke will appear on Netflix this spring By Paul Wachter LeSean Thomas is the creator, producer and director of Yasuke, an anime series about a Black samurai. Fabian Parkes The protagonist of Netflix’s new anime series, Yasuke, is a true historical oddity: an African who entered 16th-century Japan with Read More…
I see myself At Prairie View A&M, my college experience is now complete. Even though UTA was pretty diverse as far as Texas goes, I still considered it a predominantly white institution (PWI). by Jayla Jones My college experience has been very … different. I’ve attended three schools, had two changes to my major, and Read More…
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Dr. M. L. King, Jr by Kaliyah Frasier, 12 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was an American Baptist Read More…
Connecticut on Wednesday became the first US state to require all its high schools to provide a course on African-American, black, Puerto Rican, and Latino studies. “Increasing the diversity of what we teach is critical to providing students with a better understanding of who we are as a society and where we are going,” said Read More…
History does not have to repeat itself has been proven by Alice Gyamfi; now Attorney Gyamfi, after 17 generations. After 17 generations of women who were illiterates, Alice Gyamfi was the one who managed to break the streak. She says that she expresses her gratitude to God and hopes that the generations to come will Read More…
