KC Defender starts Freedom School, training the next generation of Black activists
We need to be building institutions of knowledge production and sharing that enables our people to receive the education that ...
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Parents Defending Education challenges Chicago district’s Black Student Success Plan as discriminatory
A group opposed to race-based initiatives filed a complaint with the Department of Education seeking to block a Chicago ...
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Local nonprofit seeks to make change the way students receive punishments in schools
Studies show Black students are often given harsher punishments than their counterparts, so how do you make sure discipline ...
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Chicago Releases Black Student Success Plan Amid Backlash Against Race-Based Initiatives
Its release during Black History Month is part of CPS’s broader five-year strategic plan and aims to address long-standing ...
Mentoring program helping Black high school students prepare for college success
A Chicago-based organization is tackling the problem of the falling number of Black men attending college by mentoring young ...
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First Black student graduated from The University of Alabama despite Gov. George Wallace trying to block her
Vivian Malone and James Hood walked through the doors of Foster Auditorium at The University of Alabama to become the first Black students to successfully enroll at the school in 1963.
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Chicago Public Schools’ Black student success plan hit with federal legal challenge
In a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, a national group claims the plan is discriminatory, citing efforts by the Trump administration to rid schools of race-based programs.
The story behind student protests and "Willis Wagons" | Black History Month
All month long, CBS Chicago is bringing you the stories that celebrate the theme for Black History Month 2025: African ...