Bayard Rustin: A Remembrance | Diane Ravitch's blog

Bayard Rustin: A Remembrance | Diane Ravitch's blog

Bayard Rustin: A Remembrance

My youngest grandson is in second grade. His class was studying Black History, and each student was asked to make a project. He chose to create a poster about civil rights leader Bayard Rustin. I was thrilled to see his finished project, because it was not only well done, but because I knew Bayard Rustin and I started thinking about him. He was a good friend of my then-husband and me.

We got to know him in the mid-1960s. He was the bravest man I ever met. He was arrested many times for his pacifism and his civil rights activities. He was beaten many times by counter-demonstrators. He dedicated his life to standing up for others. He served prison time as a conscientious objector during World War II because he refused to fight. He told us that he realized later that he was wrong because he did not know then what a monster Hitler was.

He was very close to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was the chief organizer for the March on Washington in 1963. Bayard was a strategist and a thinker, in addition to being a fearless activist. He was a brilliant speaker and writer.

Soon after we became friendly with him, in the late CONTINUE READING: Bayard Rustin: A Remembrance | Diane Ravitch's blog

Marva Collins, Black Educator Hall of Fame - Philly's 7th Ward #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKHISTORYMONTH #openonlywhensafe

Marva Collins, Black Educator Hall of Fame - Philly's 7th Ward

MARVA COLLINS, BLACK EDUCATOR HALL OF FAME

E’ry day this month, the Center for Black Educator Development, in partnership with Phillys7thWard.org, will highlight a Black Educator Hall of Famer.

But, don’t forget, e’ry month is Black History Month…February is just the Blackest.

Today, our featured Black educator is Marva Collins.

Marva Collins was an educator, an activist, a believer in Black children and the communities they came from; the very people many in society give up on.

Born in Alabama, in 1936, Collins graduated from their segregated schools to attend Clark College in Atlanta. She didn’t initially consider teaching, but turned to it, as many educated Black women initially did, because, as she said, many companies “didn’t want to hire a Black secretary.” CONTINUE READING: Marva Collins, Black Educator Hall of Fame - Philly's 7th Ward

Alain LeRoy Locke, Black Educator Hall of Fame - Philly's 7th Ward #BLM #BLACKLIVESMATTER #BLACKHISTORYMONTH #openonlywhensafe

Alain LeRoy Locke, Black Educator Hall of Fame - Philly's 7th Ward

ALAIN LEROY LOCKE, BLACK EDUCATOR HALL OF FAME

E’ry day this month, the Center for Black Educator Development, in partnership with Phillys7thWard.org, will highlight a Black Educator Hall of Famer.

But, don’t forget, e’ry month is Black History Month…February is just the Blackest.

Today, our featured Black Educator is Alain LeRoy Locke.

#BlackEducatorsHoF #BlackTeacherPipeline

Alain LeRoy Locke was born Arthur LeRoy Locke in Philadelphia in 1885. Born to a middle class family, Locke was introduced to the intellectual life early on. Before his arrival to Harvard, Locke graduated from Central High School and the Philadelphia School of Pedagogy. While at Harvard, Locke became the first Black Rhodes Scholar.

After his graduation from Harvard, Locke joined the faculty at Howard University as an assistant professor of philosophy.  He would remain at Howard for over 40 years.

While his teaching methods were looked at suspiciously by some at Howard, CONTINUE READING: Alain LeRoy Locke, Black Educator Hall of Fame - Philly's 7th Ward

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