*Burl Toler was born on May 9, 1928. He was a Black American football player, a National Football League (NFL) official, and a teacher. Burl Abron Toler Sr. was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Despite his physical gifts and strapping size, Toler never even played a down of prep football at Manassas High School in Memphis. […]
learn more*Warren Logan was born on June 5, 1859. He was a Black educator. He was born in Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina; his father was Park Logan, and his mother was Pocahontas “Pokey” Smith. He lived in Gilmer Township, Guilford, North Carolina, in 1870. He graduated from Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia in 1877 […]
learn more*Charles DeBow was born on this date in 1918. He was a Black U.S. Army Air Force officer, combat fighter pilot, and teacher. Charles DeBow was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was the son of Charles Henry DeBow of Lebanon, Tennessee, and Anna Sue Horne DeBow of Tennessee. DeBow’s parents moved from Tennessee to Indianapolis […]
learn more*Brick Junior College was established on this date in 1895. This Black school, founded after the American Civil War, was the first accredited African American school in North Carolina. The American Missionary Association founded the Joseph Keasley Brick Agricultural, Industrial, and Normal School. Land and money for buildings came from Julia Brick, a wealthy Brooklyn […]
learn moreGloria Gaye is an educator, activist, and administrator. In this segment, she shares the circumstances that led to her involvement in the Association of Black Women in Higher Education (ABWHE).
learn moreLaura Mann-Hill is a teacher, playwright, activist, and theater producer. In this segment, she shared several reasons she would encourage someone to pursue a teaching career.
learn more*M Street School is celebrated on this date in 1870. This high school was created in Washington, D.C. when the city’s dual public school system was established. Initially, Black and white schools were essentially equal. M Street High School initially began as the Preparatory High School for Negro Youth when Congress established it, and “Originally, […]
learn more‘A Better Chance’ Students Suela, Diamond, Sandra, and Mardialina are California middle school youth. In this segment, they quickly share their reasons for educational excellence.
learn more*Alondra Nelson was born on this date in 1968. She is a Black academic, policy advisor, nonprofit administrator, and writer. Raised in Southern California in 1994, Nelson earned a Bachelor of Science in anthropology from the University of California, San Diego. While there, she was an early leader in dialogue on Afrofuturism, was elected to […]
learn more*Gloria Randle Scott was born on April 14, 1938. She is a Black educator and youth administrator. Gloria Dean was born and raised in Houston, Texas; in 1959, she became the first African American to receive a degree in zoology from Indiana University and a Ph.D. in Higher Education in 1965. Dean was president of […]
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