CHERRY HILL, N.J. - Stopping prejudice before it has a chance to take hold in young minds is what Cherry Hill Public Schools is trying to do.
They are proposing making the study of African American history a required course.“Most of the juniors and seniors marched,” student Baisia Hyatt said.An upcoming sophomore at Cherry Hill West High School Baisia Hyatt says she felt a sense of pride when she saw upperclassmen from her school and from Cherry Hill East marching from Whole Foods to the Cherry Hill Library last month, one of the many marches following the death of George Floyd to honor all the lives lost to police brutality.But, also to push for more African American education in schools.“I feel like we should learn about it, possibly the.