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06/05/2026

The Tuskegee Airmen: Excellence Under Fire: Alicia Shonta TALKS

Let's Take Them to Class On June 2, 1943, history changed in the skies above the Mediterranean. The 99th Fighter Squadron, later known as part of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, flew its first combat mission during World War II. At first glance, this may appear to be another military milestone. In reality, it was a direct challenge to one of the most deeply rooted assumptions of its time: that African Americans lacked the discipline, intelligence, and capability to serve as military aviators....

Let’s Take Them to Class On June 2, 1943, history changed in the skies above the Mediterranean. The 99th Fighter Squadron, later known as part of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, flew its first…

06/05/2026

Medgar Evers: The Cost of Courage and the Pursuit of Justice: Alicia Shonta TALKS

Let's Take Them to Class History often remembers movements through marches, speeches, and landmark legislation. But behind every movement are individuals who risked everything to make change possible. One of those individuals was Medgar Wiley Evers. On June 12, 1963, Evers was assassinated outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi. He was 37 years old. His death shocked the nation, but it also exposed a reality many Americans could no longer ignore: the fight for civil rights was not merely a political debate....

Let’s Take Them to Class History often remembers movements through marches, speeches, and landmark legislation. But behind every movement are individuals who risked everything to make change …

06/05/2026

Alicia Shonta TALKS Juneteenth: Freedom Delayed, Freedom Declared, Freedom Remembered

Let's Take Them to Class On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order No. 3, informing enslaved African Americans that they were free. The announcement came more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. This raises an important question: How could freedom be declared in 1863 and not fully realized in some places until 1865?...

Let’s Take Them to Class On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order No. 3, informing enslaved African Americans that they were free. …

06/05/2026

Dr. Charles R. Drew: The Man Who Helped Save Millions of Lives: Alicia Shonta TALKS

Let's Take Them to Class Every generation benefits from individuals whose contributions become so deeply woven into society that people forget there was ever a time before their discoveries existed. Dr. Charles Richard Drew is one of those individuals. Born on June 3, 1904, in Washington, D.C., Drew would become one of the most influential physicians and medical researchers in modern history....

Let’s Take Them to Class Every generation benefits from individuals whose contributions become so deeply woven into society that people forget there was ever a time before their discoveries e…

06/04/2026

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