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…
History
Haitian Heritage Month comes to classrooms
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…
Tanitoluwa Adewumi, 10-Years Old, Was Once Homeless is Now a U.S. National Chess Master
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…
Trinitee Stokes Young Actress From “Mixed-ish” to Start College at 14-Years Old
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…
Trauma Trivia
Trauma Trivia— America’s longest running game – gambling blue— Daily, weekly, monthly, annually—decades, Centuries at a time…We play it again and Again and again and again… and… again… We play: Legal Lynching Blues For 10: Name the cop whose tatted arm snuffed out Eric Garner’s life—boot heel grinding cigarette butt in- to sidewalk? Name the Read More…
Tanzania Makes History Samia Suluhu Hassan, First Woman President
Tanzania — Tanzania’s vice president, 61-year old Samia Suluhu Hassan, was recently sworn in as the country’s president following the sudden death of John Magufuli, making her the first female president in the history of the East African country. “It’s not a good day for me to talk to you because I have a wound Read More…








