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Easter, Nicholas – Schools: Studies in Education, 2021
In March 2020, schools along with businesses across the United States began to shut down as a result of COVID-19. In addition, the slayings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor would spark civil unrest during the polarizing election year with President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden on a crash course to be elected as the commander…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, African Americans, Males, Teacher Leadership
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Stephenson, Caroline – Schools: Studies in Education, 2012
In this essay, filmmaker and educator Caroline Stephenson tells how Hurricane Irene started her on a journey to make a documentary about Rosenwald Schools in her native Hertford County, North Carolina. After many years working as an assistant director in Los Angeles on films and television shows, Stephenson moved back to the family farm to raise…
Descriptors: African Americans, African American Culture, Alumni, School Buildings
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Kellum, Ronald – Schools: Studies in Education, 2008
The end of World War II was imminent by July of 1945 when 80-year-old progressive educator Flora Cooke of Chicago criticized Senator Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi for filibustering a bill that provided oversight in the government's awarding of military contracts and in its hiring practices. He interpreted the bill as a threat to the South's…
Descriptors: Legislators, War, Racial Factors, African Americans