1 02, 2012

BLACK HISTORY MONTH: 3 events highlight area celebration – Charleston Post and Courier

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Gullah exhibit The pioneering scholarship of Lorenzo Dow Turner, a linguist who helped link West African communities to the coastal Southeast of the United States, is the subject of a traveling exhibition presented by the College of Charleston's Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture. Black youth The documentary "Woke Up Black" by

1 02, 2012

Charleston County School District’s plan to bring minority students up to speed- Charleston City Paper

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Fran Welch, dean of the College of Charleston's School of Education, Health, and Human Performance, has been keeping tabs on the school district for years, and she has seen black male students dropping out at disproportionate rates. According to national data, test scores of black students who spend a year with a black teacher tend