Mr. James Wright Developed a Course in Black History in Columbia, SC in the Early 1970s

Mr. James Wright created a course in Black Studies at the newly-integrated Eau Claire High School in Columbia South Carolina. He talks about that curriculum, empowering his students through student council, and his own historical and genealogical research. 
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Listen to all of Malcolm X’s speech the Ballot or the Bullet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zLQLUpNGsc 
Read “Booker T and WEB” by Dudley Randall: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47690/booker-t-and-web 
The original 1895 recording of Booker T Washington’s Atlanta Compromise speech: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-rights-act/multimedia/booker-t-washington.html  
You also heard clips of Jesse Jackson’s David and Goliath speech delivered in 1984 during his presidential campaign. 
Theme music “Summer Night” by Vanilla https://vanillabeats.bandcamp.com/track/summer-night-2