November 28, 2022
2 new Northwest Jacksonville schools mix HBCU culture with elementary curriculum
Mikynzi Alexander spoke with confidence as she recited Useni Eugene Perkins’ poem “Hey, Black Child” at her school’s ribbon-cutting last month. Mikynzi is a first-grader at Becoming Collegiate Academy, where she learned the poem this fall, concluding with the lines: Learn what you must learn Do what you can do And tomorrow your nation will be what you want it
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