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In this episode, we chat about our educational journey, the similarities, differences and the dynamics of attending an integrated vs segregated school. We compare the impacts of how our educational experience have influenced and shaped us as adults personally as well as professionally.
We also share the relevancy, the depth of black history and the profound significance it holds even today! The importance of knowing our history and educating the next generation to better understand the trauma & impacts of our history.
Call to action:
- EDUCATE – check out the NY Times 1619 podcast and seeking to learn MORE about Black History!
- EXPOSURE – an open mind and growth mindset to learning about other cultures
- EXPERIENCE – visit your local African American museums or the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC
Black History Facts:
- 1619 the first ship of enslaved Africans arrived on the shores of Virginia in August 1619,
- 1865 December Slavery was abolished in America
- 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional
- 1957 The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine black students who enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September
- 1960, Ruby Bridges’ was the first African American child to integrate an all-white public elementary school in the South (New Orleans)
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