School Children On MBTA Buses Is A Bad Move
This is a recipe for disaster.
Education
28th Annual Charles C. Yancey Book Fair 8/30
“Education is the most POWERFUL weapon which you can use to change the world.”
– Nelson Mandela
Hollywood Sanitizes Boston Busing Racist History
At the core of Boston’s anti-busing movement was a vicious foaming at the mouth racism.
Boston Museum of Fine Arts Returns Stolen Artifacts To Nigeria
Hundreds of thousands of artifacts that have been stolen from Africa and are now displayed in some of the most prestigious Art Museums in the world.
Nearly 5,000 Boston high school students attend classes in substandard facilities
Via Boston City Councillor Charles C. Yancey Boston City Hall (May 8, 2014) – Boston City Councillor Charles C. Yancey, at a budget hearing on May 5, 2014, asked the superintendent of Boston Public Schools for the number of high school students currently taking classes in non-high school facilities. Interim Superintendent, John McDonough, who served as the school system’s chief financial officer for 17 years before being appointed as superintendent last year, was prepared for Yancey’s question. “There are 4,868 students who attend school in facilities that were not originally designed as high schools,” McDonough said. Full Report (PDF)
Black Loss: Can We Replace The Greats Of The Race
Do we have the cultural capacity to secure our continuity?
NPR “Open Source” show on Kwame Ture and Black Power
On Thursday March 6th, NPR’s show Open Source discussed Kwame Ture aka Stokely Carmichael and Black Power.
THANGZ-2-DO!! (March 2014)
Welcome to “Thangz-2-Do!!”, the monthly e-newsletter providing information about cultural arts (poetry, theatre, comedy, etc.)
Film: The Last Graduation-The Rise and Fall of College Programs in Prison
March 27 @ Harvard Divinity School, 7-9 pm