Guest Blogger
Manhood Development Program Instructor at West Oakland Middle School
Oakland, California
Bankh Akintunde is a native of Oakland and the Manhood Development program instructor at West Oakland Middle School.
Imagine walking into a school every day and being taught by someone who looks like you. Imagine that person shares your upbringing, the music you listen to, or simply represents a living roadmap to the future—a walking embodiment of success.…
This summer, integrated schools heated up as a campaign issue when Kamala Harris called out Joe Biden for his 1970s stance on mandated busing as…
This teacher said a thing and I thought all hell would break loose. It happened last week when my 8 Black Hands crew recorded a…
In 2013, Sandra Korn, then a senior at Harvard and a contributor to the student newspaper The Crimson, wrote an article telling her peers “Don’t…
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