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Anne Laurie Pierre poses for a portrait in her bedroom in Somerville, Mass. on February 20, 2021.
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An Everett Teen s Club For Discussing Race Catches On
An ambitious student and three-sport athlete, Anne Laurie Pierre has taken full advantage of the many offerings available at Everett High School, but she thought something was missing a space where Black students can talk about being Black.
“A lot of us, when we learn about our history in school, think that our history starts at slavery, but it actually doesn t,” said Pierre, who is chronicling her senior year with GBH News as part of our COVID and the Classroom series. “We have way more history and we have successes and we have oppressions. We have both sides.”