Good Morning POU! Walt Disney Imagineering is the unique, creative force behind Walt Disney Parks and Resorts that dreams up, designs and builds all Disney theme parks, resorts, attractions, cruise ships, real estate developments, and regional entertainment venues worldwide. Imagineering’s unique strength comes from the dynamic global team of creative and technical … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African American Imagineers
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Tuesday Open Thread: African American Imagineers
Good Morning POU! Imaginations is a design competition created and sponsored by Walt Disney Imagineering with the purpose of seeking out and nurturing the next generation of diverse Imagineers. Today's featured Imagineer competed on the very first team for Hampton University. Dexter Mansley is a graduate of Hampton University and competed on its very first … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African American Imagineers
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Friday Open Thread: African Americans and Appalachian History
Good Morning and TGIF POU! Today we look at the history of higher education for African Americans in the coal lands of Appalachia. Berea College Graduating Class of 1901 Berea College is a liberal arts college in southern Kentucky. Today, students come from 46 states and 58 countries to attend the school, but it was founded in 1855 to service the residents of the … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African Americans and Appalachian History
Friday Open Thread: African Americans and the Struggle for Education Equality
TGIF POU! Today we continue our topic of education equality with a look at the legacy of disparity in funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Before the end of the Civil war, the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act (Morrill Act of 1862) was passed to provide for federal funding of higher education by each state with the details left to the state … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African Americans and the Struggle for Education Equality