Sentences with phrase «historic black district»

One of the first schools Grant visited in Raleigh, in the historic black district, serves a student population that is majority black with one - third of children from low - income families.

Not exact matches

Though Wright has not conceded the race, his allies began to signal they will accept unofficial primary results, which show their chief rival, Espaillat, had won and in all likelihood will go on to represent the district that includes Harlem, a historic base of black political power in America.

What was historic was a politician saying they wanted to be held accountable for the educational outcomes of a district with mostly Black and Brown children.

From opposing the expansion of high - quality charter schools and other school choice options, to its opposition to Parent Trigger laws and efforts of Parent Power activists in places such as Connecticut and California, to efforts to eviscerate accountability measures that hold districts and school operators to heel for serving Black and Brown children well, even to their historic disdain for Black families and condoning of Jim Crow discrimination against Black teachers, both unions have proven no better than outright White Supremacists when it comes to addressing the legacies of bigotry in which American public education is the nexus.