by:Dana Whyte
LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — Community activists in West Michigan are calling on school districts to add more diverse history lessons, this as the fight for racial justice continues across our country in many ways, including the classroom.
Education leaders say nationally there are no standards for teaching Black history in K-12 schools and only a small number of states in the country require it. That’s why people are now speaking up and demanding change.
Corianna McDowell, an activist and community organizer in Kalamazoo noted, “It’s not just one month for them. It’s not just a coloring page that you get that month of Martin Luther King,” said
Paying attention to how we educate our kids is more important than ever McDowell says.
McDowell stressed, “African American history is pertinent to our daily lives. It has to incorporate all races and not just African Americans, Native Americans, you know, Hispanics.”
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