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. 

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...

Sta Omar, junior

Sarah Mosteller • February 20, 2020

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

Teach my history, too

Atiyah Lane • May 22, 2019

Atiyah Lane reflects on her previous educational experiences and the inadequate representation she has noticed in the teaching of African American history.

MAC Scholars perform poems

Ann Fitzmaurice • February 26, 2019

During the Feb. 14 Courtwarming assembly, five students spoke in honor of Black History Month.

Celebrating role models

Multiple Authors • February 1, 2019

RBHS students reflect on their African-American role models.

Celebrating Marian Anderson

Jordyn Thompson • February 13, 2018

At age six Marian Anderson became a choir member at Union Baptist Church in Philadelphia, PA. When she was just 12 years old Anderson remained strongly focused in singing and her church choir because she...

Celebrating James Baldwin

Katie Whaley • February 6, 2018

James Baldwin’s impression on America is as intricate and compelling as the essays and novels he composed. Baldwin simultaneously played an outsider and a pivotal activist in America’s history, making him an odd yet inspiring African American to celebrate.

Celebrating Sojourner Truth

Ann Fitzmaurice • February 2, 2018

Through her speech on May 28-29, 1851, abolitionist Sojourner Truth made history and spoke as a figurehead for women of color and slaves across the United States.

Black History Month Calendar

John Gillis • February 1, 2014

Read about famous Black Americans and why students say they are important. Check daily during February. Images on featured post used through fair use doctrine. Source: Library of Congress. Biographies...