In this interactive course, we’ve pulled together inspiring and informative content students, parents, and friends of TeenSHARP can use to deepen their knowledge of Black History.
Since 2009, TeenSHARP has been preparing Black, Latino, and low-income students for selective colleges and to be equity-centered leaders.
As part of this process, we have provided our students with culturally relevant curricula and opportunities to learn from leaders and scholars of color.
In this Black History Challenge course, we’ve pulled together inspiring and informative content students, parents, and friends of TeenSHARP can use to deepen their knowledge of Black History.
And most importantly, you can use this course to take action to create a racially just and equitable society!
We refuse to wait for school officials to create conditions in which Black excellence is celebrated and studied. We build them ourselves.
In our self-paced course we’ve pulled together a wide range of inspiring and informative content students, parents, and educators can use to deepen their knowledge of Black History. The course includes modules that highlight the contributions of Black people in science and technology; healthcare; arts and culture; politics and government, activism; sports; and more.
Learn more about Black History, from the Black nurses who helped cure tuberculosis, to the Africans who Greek philosophers learned from, and how government policies have robbed Black wealth and potential. We want to see thousands of students use the course as a way to learn names like Ella Baker, James Baldwin, Bayard Rustin, and Madam C.J. Walker.
We invite you to take the challenge with us and engage in conversation in the comments as well.
Samiah is a student at Howard University majoring in Political Science and minoring in International Affairs. As a Junior Fellow with the Library of Congress in 2023, she worked on a project entitled “The Journey to Our Rights: African American Activism from the 1900s-Present Day.”
Maija Ross attended UMass-Amherst and led several protests and advocacy campaigns while on campus. After graduating, she worked at TeenSHARP for a few years and now is the Assistant Vice President of Global Culture and Inclusion Programs at Chubb.
Hamza Parker is a high school senior in Delaware. He was recently featured in the Soledad O’Brien Productions/CBS Reports documentary “The End of Affirmative Action.”
