Maya Angelou (Courtesy Photo) NOTE: This speech is part of a Black History Month assignment at NationHouse Independent Afrikan-Centered School where young people wrote speeches as a historical figure. Americans everywhere, my name is Maya Angelou and I was an American author, actor, screenwriter, dancer, poet, and civil rights activist best known for my 1969Continue reading “Maya Angelou Speaks Again”
Tag Archives: Black Lives Matter
The Future Of Dr. King’s Legacy
Decades later, I and other young people feel disconnected from the history of Dr. King because it was such a long time ago when he was active in the Civil Rights Movement. To this day however, young people are experiencing police brutality, social issues and more.
A Bold Way to Hold Police Officers Accountable
Now that Joe Biden is president, Black people should make notice of what has been happening. They can talk to their congressmen and women about introducing a bill to put officers in prison for the shooting and killing of Black people in the streets.
The Watoto Speak after the Attempted Coup at the U.S. Capitol
The students of the Sankofa Homeschool Collective/AllEyesOnDC’s grassroots journalism course had much to say about the events that unfolded.
The Watoto Speak! 