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In his introduction of the Black History Month assembly on March 3, assistant principal Larry Featherstone said that the assembly intended to address the truth that “we need to learn more about people who do not look like us.” To move the conversation in that direction before turning the program over to a teen panel of Black students, Students of Color Alliance sponsor Tonya Moore answered “three questions you've always wanted to ask a Black friend.” To the question “Can I touch your hair?” Moore said she answered yes to a close friend but felt the question was strange and inappropriate when coming from strangers. She responded to the second question—“Do black people get sunburn?”—with an emphatic “Yes.” The answer to the third question—“Do you prefer to be called Black or African American?”—Moore said, “It’s a preference. I prefer to be called Black. and I don’t like African-American, but my daughters would give different answers to the question.” Caption by Gergő Major.

Student, faculty organizers overcome obstacles to observe Black History Month in its entirety

Ava Bernitz, Amaya Collier, Charlotte Cross, Logan Davis, Gaby Esquivel, Morgan Eye, Stella Little, Ellie Loudermilk, Gergő Major, Merrill Price, Ingrid Smith, and Tristen Wright
March 21, 2023

The 2023 edition of the #MACbacksBLACK Black History Month celebration was not without obstacles to overcome. A sudden ice storm  canceled the first week of February and froze the promotion and kickoff...

In one memorable portion of his presentation, UT history professor Dr. Leonard Moore likened the economic legacy of this discrimination to a messed up version of Monopoly where he (representing a Black southerner) plays a board game with white neighbors in which he was not allowed to buy anything until after going around the board 20 times.

Dr. Leonard Moore: Studying Black history an excellent way for students to increase their cultural intelligence

Ava Bernitz, Morgan Eye, Ellie Loudermilk, Merrill Price, Dave Winter, and Tristen Wright
February 28, 2023

As he has for many years, UT professor Dr. Leonard Moore helped McCallum commemorate Black History Month on Monday Feb. 13 with three lectures in the MAC that gave the students in attendance a taste of...

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