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Black Reconstruction 2.0 Begins With Great Schools For Black Children

March 14, 2021
by Rann Miller
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One morning during my junior year of high school, I remember my homeroom teacher saying to me in a dismissive tone that Malcolm X was a bad person. I am unsure how we got on the topic of figures in Black history, but I mentioned...

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The Research Is In: A Diverse Faculty Makes A Difference. Do You Care?

February 12, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
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“Your presence is an act of resistance.” —Vincent Cobb II, CEO of The Fellowship: Black Male Educators for Social Justice In October 2017, The Fellowship: Black Male Educators for Social Justice invited Black male educators...

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A BLACK MOM’S PERSPECTIVE: ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN EDUCATION IN 2017

January 23, 2018
by Gwendolyn Samuel
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“Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”  -James Baldwin For this mom, being the founder and a very conscious, unapologetic Black parent leader of an...

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