She is the first African American to be honored in five years in a system where more than 80 percent of the students are Black.
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Marvin Gaye Recreation Center Opens with Fanfare | AFRO
On May 5, D.C. officials cut the ribbon on the $14 million recreation center named after the Motown legend who grew up in the District and attended Cardozo High School.
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A Witness to the Desegregation—and Resegregation—of America’s Schools | The Atlantic
Rebecca Palacios began teaching soon after a landmark court case mandated integration of Latino schools—and watched the case’s effects weaken over decades.
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Happy slaves? The peculiar story of three Virginia school textbooks | Richmond Times-Dispatch
If you were a Virginian between fourth and 11th grades from 1957 to the 1970s, you may well have gotten a dose of this official state history. The books were estimated to reach more than a million students.
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Why School Dress Codes Are Often Biased Against Black Girls | Slate
At this point, it’s a well-established fact that there are vast disparities in how different children receive disciplinary action in school.
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HBCUs Are Producing a New Generation of Young Women | AFRO
Today, public HBCUs continue to produce talent for the 21st Century with a disproportionate number being young women.
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Here’s How to Find Out How Racist Your Kids’ School Is | Colorlines
Your step-by-step guide to using the Department of Education’s latest data release to uncover—and address—the racial disparities in your district.
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Black churches and other institutions must open up schools serving our communities | New York Amsterdam News
Economic and educational marginalization destroy the lives of Black youth and cause violence in our communities, as well as ultimately lead our youth into conflicts with the police.
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Google.org Matches Beyonce’s $100,000 Scholarship Donation to HBCU Students | The Network Journal
The 22-time Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter launched the Formation Scholars awards, through BeyGOOD, her charitable arm, last year when she awarded four students from Howard University, Parsons School of Design, Berklee College of Music and Spelman College $25,000…
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“We were just doing what needed to be done” | Harvard Business School
Four alumni recall the forces and factors that drove them to found the African-American Student Union, a vehicle for change that would have immediate—and lasting—impact.
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