Bearing News

Black History Mobile Museum 101 comes to RBHS

Will Cover • March 5, 2020

Around 10 RBHS classes attended a display from the Black History 101 Mobile Museum in the Performing Arts Center Lobby throughout the school day March 3. The exhibit, entitled “The Five Elements of Hip Hop,” included 150 artifacts from time periods ranging from the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade to modern rap and hip hop. CEO and curator Dr. Khalid el-Hakim, who started as an educator in Detroit and has personally acquired thousands of items that make up the collection founded the museum.

A Q&A with Teresa Brooks, the first female student body president at RBHS

Will Cover • February 29, 2020

Teresa Brooks, who works at the University of Missouri hospital system in patient access and revenue, was the first female student body president at RBHS.

Lack of diversity in medicine lowers quality of care

Multiple Authors • February 29, 2020

As America becomes more and more diverse, the field of medicine struggles to keep up. In medicine, underrepresented minorities include African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans. Currently, only 6% of practicing doctors are underrepresented people of color. Comparatively, this group makes up 31.5% of the U.S. population, according to ABC News.

Black History Month: March on Washington Animation

Jared Geyer • February 29, 2020

The March on Washington was held in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. The event is one of the main driving points behind The Civil Rights Act, which was passed by Congress with a 73 - 27...

Madyson Trunnel, sophomore

Ana Manzano • February 28, 2020

Since 1976, a half a century after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States, every American president has designated the month of February as Black History Month, a celebration and...

Bet Menen, junior

Camryn DeVore • February 25, 2020

In celebration of Black History Month, junior Bet Menen answers questions regarding race in America, RBHS and how to address racism.

Housing reparations necessary to counteract redlining, institutionalized racism

Will Cover • February 24, 2020

Housing has been the most egregious instance of discrimination in America's economy, with a 32.5% gap in homeownership between black and white Americans. This in turn drives a massive racial wealth gap because of the economic importance of owning a home. Therefore, housing reparations are needed to increase black homeownership and counteract existing biases.