Seventeen students at National Collegiate Preparatory Public Charter High School in Southeast Washington D.C. traveled and studied in Panama as a part of their curriculum, recently. National Collegiate Prep students get the opportunity to explore and learn about the Black community in Panama. (Courtesy Photo-National Prep) Shannon Cox, who teaches Spanish, helped arrange the May […]
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Baltimore Students to Study African Diaspora in Cuba
Sharayna Christmas, Moriah Ray and Jasmine Hall work with Baltimore youth at Muse 360. (Courtesy photo) While youth in Baltimore are working summer-jobs or fending for themselves during the summer break, a group of students from Frederick Douglass High School will get an opportunity to study abroad in Cuba. The opportunity has been afforded to […]
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Black Hair Is Not a Trend for White Consumption
As much as I love the pool, growing up I always dreaded swimming. Because of my thick kinky hair, a field trip to the pool meant that my mom was going to spend hours detangling and braiding my hair. After a long night of tenderheaded complaints, I was always dissatisfied with the end results. The […]
