BLACK HISTORY MONTH HIGHLIGHT – MAYA ANGELOU
Writer, poet, composer, performer, professor and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou inspired millions with her words and conviction. Her extraordinary life and career took her all over the world. When she died at 86 years old, she had broken many barriers throughout her lifetime, from being the first Black female streetcar conductor in San Francisco […]
BLACK HISTORY MONTH HIGHLIGHT – BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
Born into slavery in 1856, Booker T. Washington became one of the leading African American intellectuals of the 19th Century. At 16, he walked 500 miles to attend the Hampton Normal Agricultural Institute in Virginia, working as a janitor to afford his tuition. He established the National Negro Business League and the Tuskegee Institute, among […]
BLACK HISTORY MONTH HIGHLIGHT – Dr. Mae Jemison …
BLACK HISTORY MONTH HIGHLIGHT – Dr. Mae Jemison Dr. Mae Jemison, born in 1956 in Decatur, Alabama, became the first black woman to travel in space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992. While this is an incredible achievement, it is even more amazing that Dr. Jemison first […]
Congratulations to the Summit Academy Knights basketball team on a phenomenal season and great effort in their playoff game.
While the season ended sooner than we hoped, we could not be more proud of our young men!!! #UKnighted
BLACK HISTORY MONTH HIGHLIGHT – MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Martin Luther King, Jr., considered the most influential leader of the modern civil rights movement, continues to inspire generations even decades after his death. His staunch message of nonviolence and civil disobedience motivated thousands of protests and boycotts, leading up to his 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” […]
