‘Black to School: Here’s a List of Several Reputable African-Centered Schools in the U.S.

Melanoid Nation — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 05:54:50 +0000

Across the country, children everywhere are seeing their summer vacations ending, only to have them return to school for another year of education. In the case of Melanoid children, many of them are denied the opportunities to access a respectful education that will enable them to become well-rounded and competitive adults in the “real world” (after high school). Listed below are several educational institutions that teach an African-Centered curriculum, which is extremely critical for our children to have as it builds a strong cultural foundation for themselves in addition to them receiving the conventional worldly education/skills as well.

1. Marcus Garvey School (Los Angeles)

School Type: Co-ed & Pre-K/Elementary Private School

Head of School: Dr. Anyim C. Palmer

Website: http://mgsla.org/

2. NationHouse (Washington, D.C.)

School Type: Grade School

Head of School: Kwame Agyei Akoto

Website: http://www.nationhouse.org/

3. Timbuktu Academy (Detroit)

School Type: K-8

Head of School: Cha-Rhonda Edgerson

Website: http://www.timbuktuacademy.org/

4. Sankofa Academy (Houston)

School Type: Grade School

Head of School: Toni Imani Fisher

Website: http://sisterhoodcreations.com/sankofa_academy

5. Betty Shabazz International Charter Schools/Barbara A. Sizemore/DuSable Leadership Academy (Chicago)

School Type(s): K-12

Head of School: Frank Davis

Website: http://www.bsics.org/

6. Freedom Home Academy

School Type: Private Home School (Based in Chicago)

Head of School: Marcus Kline

Website: http://www.fhaintl.org/index.php

7. Little Sun People (Brooklyn)

School Type: Preschool

Head of School: Fela Barclift

Website: http://www.littlesunpeople.com/

8. ILE OMODE SCHOOL (Oakland)

School Type: Pre K-8

Head of School: Jahi Awakoaiye

Website: http://www.ileomode.org/draft1/index.htm

9. Imhotep Institute Charter High School (Philadelphia)

School Type: High School

Website: http://imhotepcharter.org/website/

10. Kamali Academy (New Orleans)

School Type: K-12

Head of School: Dr. Samori Camara

B. Clark

Why Are Media Outlets Posting The Mug Shot of an Innocent Police Shooting Victim?

Melanoid Nation — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 21:50:13 +0000

BROOKLYN NEW YORK — A rookie police officer fatally shot an innocent unarmed Melanoid man, Akai Gurley late Thursday in a “pitch black” Pink Houses stairwell as his girlfriend, whom he had been visiting, watched in horror, officials and a witness said.

Officer Peter Liang, who had been working in the field since graduating the police academy in January, had his flashlight and gun out when the weapon “accidentally discharged,” hitting Akai Gurley who was “a total innocent,” NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said.

In a common effort to criminalize the Black victim in cases involving police misconduct, the New York Post included a photograph of Akai Gurley’s mug shot when they ran a story about the incident.

What other reason would there be to use his mug shot, when there are several more images of Gurley available,other than to criminalize his image.

The message that media outlets send when they consistently publish photographs of Black murder victim’s mugshots or photographs of them holding their hands in ways that can be misinterpreted as gang signs, is that these victims somehow deserved to get killed and they do not deserve justice.

BROOKLYN – Melanoid Nation Foundation

‘Black to School: Here’s a List of Several Reputable African-Centered Schools in the U.S.

Why Are Media Outlets Posting The Mug Shot of an Innocent Police Shooting Victim?