Ahmed Muhammad, an 18-year old student from Oakland, California, has made history as the first Black male to graduate as valedictorian in his school, Oakland Technical High School. Muhammad is honored with the highest academic rank in his class with a cumulative 4.73 GPA. He is also an outstanding athlete as a member of the Read More…
Nationwide — Victory Yinka-Banjo, a 17-year old high school graduate from Nigeria, has received full-ride scholarship offers from 19 prestigious universities in the United States and Canada. Combined, the awards are worth more than $5 million! “It still feels pretty unbelievable. I applied to so many schools because I didn’t even think any school would accept Read More…
A small one – room log cabin – the states first school for black students – seemed destined for failure under Florida’s segregation movement in the years after it opened in 1868. Though President Abraham Lincoln had freed slaves at the end of the Civil War, white Florida Lawmakers fought to deny black children a Read More…
Barlatier’s “Ayiti – Stories and Songs from Haiti” is a music concert performed with her family band and prerecorded exclusively for the Miami-Dade Arts Education Collective. Through the month of May, the concert will be available to Miami-Dade County Public School teachers to share with students and incorporate its contents into their lesson plans honoring Read More…
Nationwide — Tanitoluwa Adewumi, a 10-year old boy who lives in New York, is now officially a U.S. National Chess Master. It is a dream come true for the boy who won the New York State chess championship while living in a homeless shelter when he was just 8-years old. Most recently, Adewumi won his latest championship when Read More…
Nationwide — Trinitee Stokes, a 14-year old student from Jackson, Mississippi who is also a sitcom actress, is now also one of the youngest students to attend college. Stokes has been known for playing the role of Judy Cooper on the Disney Channel series K.C. Undercover. She currently stars as Tamika on the show Mixed-ish. Read More…
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