Page 6, Portland Observer, March 5. 1986
Welfare Hot Line
Matching History, Black and White
A New Concept in Teaching
Black History
Philadelphia. PA — A Philadelphia
research and publishing firm has de
veloped a unique way o f explaining
Hlack history to all audiences It tv cal
led "M atching History. Black and
AAhite " This is a collection o f twenty
sixty second spots on video Shown arc
a Blac k achiever and a while achiever in
ihe same picture Each has made
noticeable contributions in the same
tield
For example one frame shows Dr
Jonas Salk who developed the polio
vaccine in 1955 Alvo in thtv frame tv
Dr Percy Julian. Hlack. who in 1932.
developed a medicine which caved the
pain o f arthritis He alvo discovered a
m edicine fo r the treatm ent o f
glaucoma, a disease o f the eyes which
can lead to blindness
Mark Hyman Associates, Inc is the
firm which researched and developed
"M atching History. Black and White
Mark Hyman, president of the firm , is
the author ot four I mm A s on Black his
lory Three o f the b.x>ks comprise a
senes called H lu ii\ Hrfure America
These books detail ihe blac k expencnce
during antiquity . among Ihe Egyptians.
Romans, Greeks and in the Bible
"M atching History. Black and W h ile "
deals with the achievements of Blacks
in America ami their counterparts in the
H a lim M a h u a n ( hairm an of Ihe Desegregation M onitoring Advisory Com
m ittee sum m arized Ihe m id-year report In Portland School District I»» saying,
•• I here Is no reason the achievement gup between African American students
and m ajority student! cannot lie elim inated.’ *
Photo t»s Richard J. Brown
DMAC Annual Report Summary
D M A C 's vision ol tiu ih lu l quality
multiethnic-multicultural education for
all children is still a torrid desire we
shall follow through with until it he
comes a reality in the curriculum ol the
K irtland School District I here is no
reason why the achievement gap het
ween African American students and
majority students cannot he eliminated
We also must examine some ot the
reasons that account lor the gap Iheie
arc some African American educators
who teel that ihe performance gap is
largely a behavioral problem that it is
the result ol a remediable tendency ol
African American students to avoid in
tellcctual engagement and competition
I heir avoidance is nailed in the tears
and sell doubt engendered by a major
legacy ol American racism, the strong
negative stereotypes about A ir lean
American intellectual capabilities
Teachers influenced by assessment data
and other pervasive rumors ol Alrican
American inferiority lend Io expect less
ot these students. Alrican American
students tend Io accept Ihe |udgment ot
their intellectual intenorily. and their
resulting poor classroom effort and per
lormance tu llills everyone's evpecta
lions
Alrican American students and slu
dents ol color must he challenged in the
classroom Io increase their intellectual
activity and the techniques to develop
discipline in good study habits We
have Io make an ellort Io change the
way children ot color think about their
intellectual development, encouraging
them to attribute their intellectual suc
cess to ability and their intellectual tai
lures to a lack ol e llo rt I allure, lather
than being allowed to destroy the stu
dent's sell confidence, should be seen
instead as feedback indicating ihe need
tor more intense ellort or lor a different
approach Io the task
I here is no particular reason w bv Ihe
Kirtland Public School District should
not ensure that Alrican American slu
dents cannot larc well in terms ol
academic achievement Ihe Alrican
American students must he brought to
the realization that they c an be excellent
actors on the world s stage, that there
are both historical and contemporary
role models lor them to emulate In
order to accomplish this, the achieve
inent gap requires that Ihe educational
providers and administrators he know
ledgeahle about the Alrican past, the
cultural make up ol that clientele, and
more
im p o rta n tly ,
the so cia l,
economic, and political (actors which
shape the reality ol African people all
over the world
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South Africa’s Problems
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while community
Hyman said o f the video on "B la ck
and White achievements, without o f
fending anyone gives little known in
formation The video prevents to ch il
dren and adults alike some o f the
superior, world important contributions
ot Hlack and white Americans II says
lo all people that Blacks have helped
move world technology, medicine, in
vcntionv. industry and the arts
The targets for the video "M atching
History . Blacks and W h ite " are sch.Mil
districts throughout America, libraries
ami those business firms which need to
sensitize their policymakers and mar
keting people
A lew of the remaining frames show
John I. Lewis, the stormy, powerful
labor leader o l four decades ago Also
along with Black Philip Randolph
Randolph organized the Hrotherh.Mid of
Sleeping Car Porters Blacks thereby
first walked through ihe dcMirs of or
ganized labor The video also includes
fred Astaire and B ill "B ojangles"
Robinson, tap dancers and U S Sup
reme Court Chtcl Justice John Marshall
and present day 1) S Supreme Court
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Mark Hyman Associates is located at
401 Si Broad Street, Suite 902.
Philadelphia. PA I9I0K
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I vents fromthe- Iront page ol the nation's newspapers and the evening television
news programs w ill come alive in the Jetterson High School's second mainstage
show An Evening o f C ontem porary Theatre March 6-7 X
I wo ol the three one act plays which make up the evening’ s program deal with
current issues
the problems lacing South Africa and race relations in America's
college classrooms This unique thealrc endeavor has involved educators,
dramatists, student actors as well as tlx- Portland School's Curriculum Depart
ment
The Blues Is You In M e is directed by A Lee Wilson, a local actor and recent
w inner ol a "W illic tor h is role in M aster H arold a n d the Boys Wilson is also
widely recognized lor his performances in works by Athol Fugard, a noted South
African playwright
Ibe play is made up ot readings, poetry, and an excerpt from Fugard's Sizw e
Bansi Is Dead B ill Bigelow, a Jetterson social studies teacher and widely
recognized author ol Strangers In Their O w n Country, a cumculum guide on
South Africa published by The Africa World Press, w ill introduce the play each
night He has been instrumental in the play's inception and development
Ihe importance ot the problems in South Africa is summed up bv Bigelow,
Apart from the obvious urgency of the South African situation, there are solid
edueational reasons to devote considerable time lo these lessons Spending time on
South Africa is indirectly spending lime on Ihe whole world "
Ihcatre IX-partment Head Carolyn Gratton explains that "W e wanted to do an
evening ol contemporary theatre, but we wanted lo prevent more than one view
point
After extensive searc hes of current theatrical literature, the three one acts
as an evening's program was proposed
Because ol the suitability ol the plays' content, Eleanor Hard!, the district's
curriculum specialist in social studies, w ill distribute materials to social studies
te.khers in all Kirtland middle schools and high schools
Seeing this production gives students the opportunity to he a part o f contem-
fxirary political issues as they come to life on stage The powerful, explosive
messages in these pieces are important for all of u s ." said Ruthann Harley,
Jetterson s community relations coordinator "W e want teachers and students
from all user the city to be aware of this unique chance to see history,” she
continued
Ihe second one act play also deals with a contemporary issue — race as it
impacts a student teacher relationship O pen A dm issions is a poignant, urban
story in which a black college student admitted under an “ open admissions" plan
tor minorities, confronts his white instructor A hilarious comedy The A c to rs
N ightm are is the third part of the evening's program
Ibis unique theatre production promises to give theatergoers and student actors
alike a chance to experience ihe front page headlines and examine the importance
o f these issues facing our world
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