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Phillips:
Weighing the promise of health care and finding it wanting
Reviewing their roots
Lincoln-Drew Elementary School students
wait to enter the “America I Am: The African-American Imprint” exhibit
at the California Science Center last month. —Photo courtesy of
CUSD
From
staff reports
COMPTON—Lincoln-Drew
Elementary School students immersed themselves in African-American
history at the “America I Am: The African-American Imprint” exhibit
as part of the school’s Black History Month celebrations.
Sponsored by radio and television show host Tavis Smiley and Wal-Mart,
the traveling exhibit is currently on display at the California Science
Center in Exposition Park. The exhibit examines the roots and contributions
of African Americans.
More than 300 students toured the exhibit Friday, Feb.12, and Friday,
Feb. 19, While walking through the exhibit’s 14 galleries, students
learned about America’s history of discriminatory laws, the civil
rights movement and Black icons including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm
X, W.E.B. Du Bois and President Barack Obama.
Principal Dr. Kanika White said she was grateful that all her students
had the chance to see the exhibit.
“We can all benefit from learning about the struggles of people in
our community,” White said, adding that the exhibit presented information
on African-American spiritual traditions and local and national movements. ...
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