When the Texas State Board of Education held hearings in November 2019 to consider adding a new high school African American Studies course to the state curriculum, students from Dallas ISD traveled to Austin to testify about their experience in a district-level African American Studies course. Subsequently, in April 2020, the board unanimously approved the course.
See highlights from the testimony below. The Texas State Board of Education website has the full video with all testimony presented.
Also see the text of two testimony presentations by students:
- Maybe One Day, the Pain Won’t Feel the Same, by Earl Williams
- We Are Important, and So is Our History, by Quardasha Mitche
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Earl Williams Testimony for African American Studies 2019
When the Texas State Board of Education held hearings in November 2019 to consider adding a new high school African American Studies course to the state curriculum, students from Dallas ISD traveled to Austin to testify about their experience in a district-level African American Studies course. Subsequently, in April 2020, the board unanimously approved the course. -
Quardasha Mitchell Testimony for African American Studies 2019
When the Texas State Board of Education held hearings in November 2019 to consider adding a new high school African American Studies course to the state curriculum, students from Dallas ISD traveled to Austin to testify about their experience in a district-level African American Studies course. Subsequently, in April 2020, the board unanimously approved the course. -
Students Testify for African American Studies 2019
When the Texas State Board of Education held hearings in November 2019 to consider adding a new high school African American Studies course to the state curriculum, students from Dallas ISD traveled to Austin to testify about their experience in a district-level African American Studies course. Subsequently, in April 2020, the board unanimously approved the course.
Students featured in this video:
Machaiah Anderson, Trinidad Garza ECHS
Quardasha Mitchell, Trinidad Garza ECHS
Taylor Ellingberg-McLeod, Trinidad Garza ECHS
Sabina Acquaye, Trinidad Garza ECHS
Jada Chivers, L.G. Pinkston High School
Johanna Miranda, New Tech High School -
Testimony for African American Studies 2019
When the Texas State Board of Education held hearings in November 2019 to consider adding a new high school African American Studies course to the state curriculum, students from Dallas ISD traveled to Austin to testify about their experience in a district-level African American Studies course. Subsequently, in April 2020, the board unanimously approved the course.
This video features:
Texas Senator Royce West
Dr. Lawrence Scott, Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Dr. Deshauntia Benn, TSTA
Jamalia Thomas, Big Brothers Big Sisters
Dr. Michael Williams, UTEP
Rev. Erika Wilson, Texas Freedom Network
Dr. Gary Bledsoe, Texas NAACP
Dr. Chloe Latham Sikes, TLEEC
Morgan Craven, J.D., IDRA
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