Steve Asencio is a teacher and education advocate. In this segment, he shares his experiences and views on why a diverse curriculum is valuable in K-12 education.
learn moreDr. Robert Jones, Jr., is an educator, agronomist, and administrator. He shares two reasons for more African Americans to pursue education excellence in this segment.
learn moreStephanie Johnson is a teacher, social worker, and special needs advocate. In this segment, she shares advice on the professional character that helps the student the most.
learn more*Rachel Dolezal was born on this date in 1977. She is a former white-American college instructor, author, artist, and administrative activist known for presenting herself as a Black woman despite being born to white parents. Rachel Anne Dolezal, now Nkechi Amare Diallo, was born in Lincoln County, Montana, to Ruthanne (Schertel) and Lawrence Dolezal, who […]
learn moreClementine Pigford was an author, historian, educator, and journalist. In this segment, she shared memories of rural Alabama as a child.
learn more*Clementine Pigford was born on this date in 1943. She was a Black educator, counselor, poet, and author. Clementine Washington was born in Chicago to parents Helen Mims and Eugene Washington. She has one brother, Eugene Washington II. Washington and her family moved to Denver, Colorado, where her father was a civilian Radio Aircraft Technician […]
learn morePashington Obeng is a Ghanaian professor, author, and academic. In this segment, he shares two treasured career moments in his lifelong passion for research.
learn moreDr. Aaron Osafo-Acguah, and Madam Janet Eduam are Ghanaian educators. In this segment they explain, and demonstrate the learning virtues of ‘Play’ in kindergarten classrooms.
learn more*Grace Morris Allen Jones was born on this date in 1876. She was a Black educator, school administrator, clubwoman, and writer. Grace Morris Allen was born in Keokuk, Iowa, to James Addison Morris and Mary Ellen Morris, née Pyles. The family was educated and well-off financially. Grace’s grandmother was abolitionist Charlotta Gordon Pyles, and she […]
learn more*Theresa Venable was born on this date in 1948. She is a Black educator, historian, and retired librarian. From Knoxville, TN, Theresa Evans Venable earned a B.S. in Elementary Education and an M.S. in Information Sciences from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. For thirty years, she was an elementary and middle school reading and […]
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