Using Art to Teach Black History

Teachers at a Missouri art school are using art to teach black history. Art teacher Ann Mehr found that the “Man Spirit Mask” triptych by artist Willie Cole was an “important teaching piece” because of the focus on slavery and domestic work...

Black History Month and Education

Black History Month and education of young people play a vital part in the future of American voters. “These students are our future, and they need to have an understanding about what prominent African-Americans have done in the past, and how it has brought us to...

How Black History is Taught Today

Teachers and historians are evaluating how black history is taught today.  While textbooks and class materials are more inclusive than they have been in the past, interweaving black history with American history, there is still some  need for teachers to use their...

Black History Month: A Young Entrepreneur

At the age of 24, African American businessman Kendall Vonkeith Fontenot accomplished his goal in creating one of the largest minority owned “Buy Here, Pay Here” auto dealership in the state of Louisiana and is expanding to Las Vegas, NV.  His aim was to achieve his...