- Classroom Spotlight
Celebrating Black History Month with "Portraits of a People"
This month, students enrolled in Honors African American Literature are celebrating Black History Month with a video series entitled "A Portrait of a People."
This month, students enrolled in Honors African American Literature are celebrating the rich heritage and plentiful contributions made to society by African Americans with a video series entitled "A Portrait of a People":
We have so much to be thankful for and the word, "thankful" is magnified and given special emphasis as we contemplate all that has happened over the past couple of years. Let us be thankful, too, for contributions great and small. Students enrolled in Honors African American Literature will, again this year, present "Portraits of a People." All but one selection is currently living and each continues to contribute to the African American Community and society as a whole.
This year's theme is "Living Legends." Each student in class selected a living legend and created a short video highlighting their life. One presentation will air each weekday morning throughout February.
Catch them here all year! We continue to add links as they air:
2022 projects
- Sidney Poitier
- Alicia Garza
- Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
- Dr. Mae Jamison
- Angie Thomas
- Ursula M. Burns
- Amanda Gorman
- Angela Bassett
- Allyson Felix
- Kendrick Lamar
- Debbie Allen
- Joycelyn Elders
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Previous Year's Posts
2021 projects
- Etta James
- Aretha Franklin
- Louis Armstrong
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Claudette Colvin
- J. Cole
- Josephine Baker
- Oris 'Dino' Smiley
- Mae Jemison
- Stacey Abrams
2020 projects
- Wilma Rudolph
- Elaine Welteroth
- George Washington Carver
- Lorraine Hansberry
- Misty Copeland
- Viola Davis
- Nat King Cole
- Harriet Ann Jacobs
- Sheryl Swoopes
- Octavia Spencer
- Ava DuVernay
- Tiger Woods
- Alvin Ailey
- Nina Simone
- Octavia Bulter
- Matthew Henson
- Ella Fitzgerald
2019 projects
- Marian Anderson
- Madame CJ Walker
- Audra Lorde
- Quincy Jones
- Fannie Lou Hamer
- Eartha Kitt
- WEB Dubois
- Muhammed Ali
- Shirley Chisolm
- Alexander Crummel