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The previous generation of courses focused on cultural awareness. What schools found, according to Maurice Hall — the dean of the College of New Jersey's arts and communications school and a social justice scholar — was that students still had socioeconomic, cultural and racial blind spots. Growing up with a majority point of view could mean thinking that the way a particular culture sees the world “is in fact the right way," Hall said. Connecticut implemented a law in December requiring high schools to offer courses on Black and Latino studies. New Jersey, where learning standards alre...

Students lead US push for fuller Black history education MIKE CATALINI, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8Ebele Azikiwe, 12, poses for a photograph in Cherry Hill, N.J., Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Azikiwe testified in October at state Assembly hearing, lending her support to legislation requiring New Jersey's school districts to add diversity to curriculums. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed the bill into law.Matt Rourke/APShow MoreShow Less 2of8Ebele Azikiwe, 12, writes at her desk at home in Cherry Hill, N.J., Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Azikiwe testified in October a...

WHYY By Mike CataliniApril 8, 2021 Ebele Azikiwe, 12, poses for a photograph in Cherry Hill, N.J., Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Ebele Azikiwe was in the sixth grade last year when February came and it was time to learn about Black history again. She was, by then, familiar with the curriculum: Rosa Parks, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a discussion on slavery. Just like the year before, she said, and the year before that. Then came George Floyd’s killing in May, and she wrote to the administration at her school in Cherry Hill, in New Jersey’s Philadelphia subu...

Trenton, N.J. Ebele Azikiwe was in the sixth grade last year when February came and it was time to learn about Black history again. She was, by then, familiar with the curriculum: Rosa Parks, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and a discussion on slavery. Just like the year before, she said, and the year before that. Then came George Floyd’s death in May, and she wrote to the administration at her school in Cherry Hill, in New Jersey’s Philadelphia suburbs, to ask for more than the same lessons. “We learned about slavery, but did we go into the roots of slavery?” Ebele said in an interv...

A letter from a N.J. 6th grader made Black history a national issue. Meet the student who wrote it. Updated Apr 08, 2021; Posted Apr 08, 2021 Ebele Azikiwe, 12, in Cherry Hill last month. Azikiwe testified in October at a state Assembly hearing, lending her support to legislation requiring New Jersey's school districts to add diversity to curriculums. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed the bill into law. AP Facebook Share Ebele Azikiwe was in the sixth grade last year when February arrived, and it was time to learn about Black history again. She was familiar with the curriculum: Rosa Parks...