Education
Dr. Paula Starnes: Whistleblower, Educator, and Crusader for Equity in Springfield Schools
Springfield, MA - A firestorm erupted in Springfield Public Schools when Dr. Paula Starnes, a Putnam Vocational Technical Academy (Putnam) special education teacher, dared to challenge the status quo....
Education
Former Baltimore Ravens NFL Player Makes Touchdown Transition to MIT Math Professor
NATIONWIDE — Former Baltimore Ravens player John Urschel has made a remarkable career pivot after retiring early from the NFL at the age of 26....
Community
40-Year-Old Woman Graduates From Same College Where She Cleaned For 14 Years
Nationwide — Sthembile Mngwengwe, a 40-year-old woman from South Africa, has earned her Bachelor’s degree in Social Science from the same university where she worked...
Africa
Black Dad of 2 Makes History, Revives a Century-Old Nigerian Writing System Using Children’s Books
The South Nigerian writing system, Nsibiri, can now be learned from a 43-page children’s book written by ed-tech educator Chinua Mosley.
NATIONWIDE — Chinua Mosley,...
Education
A.P. African American Studies Is Coming to U.S. High Schools
For decades, many American high schools have offered rigorous Advanced Placement (A.P.) courses—in subjects like art history, calculus, environmental science, and European history—to their...
Education
Baystate Academy to Host Latin Night in Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month
WHAT: Baystate Academy Charter Public School will host its annual Latin Night and bring together the diverse diaspora of Hispanic cultures to share in...
Education
BAYSTATE ACADEMY PUBLIC SCHOOL HONORS TWO VERY GIFTED AND DESERVING STUDENTS:Â Esther Mustapha, Valedictorian and Isalis Flores, Salutatorian
As another year and graduation ends, Baystate Academy Public School honors two very gifted and deserving students: Esther Mustapha, Valedictorian, and Isalis Flores, Salutatorian...
Africa
THE GULLAH:Â Rice, Slavery, and the Sierra Leone-American Connection
Written By Joseph A. Opala
The Gullah people are the descendants of the slaves who worked on the rice plantations in South Carolina and Georgia.Â
They...
Diaspora
African American history you probably weren’t taught in school
Historians estimate that one in four cowboys in the US were black.
In 2015, a study from the National Museum of African American History...
Community
Pioneer Valley Project to Call for School Committee to Re-Visit Springfield Police Department Access to School Surveillance Video
SPRINGFIELD - The Springfield School Committee voted in April 2021 to give Springfield Police access to live and pre-recorded surveillance video inside schools. The...
Education
40 Black History facts
Fact #1: As a child, Muhammad Ali was refused an autograph by his boxing idol, Sugar Ray Robinson. When Ali became a prizefighter, he...