Bay County NAACP names student essay winners
Black History Month contest encourages kids to Write Your Way
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PANAMA CITY The Bay County Branch of the NAACP announced the winners of its 2021 Black History Month Student Essay Contest: Write YOUR Way! on March 1.
Students were invited to choose any African American from history, the current news or personal acquaintance, and answer these two questions: How have they changed the world? How do they inspire you?
First Prize in the Elementary School category went to Avery Cruel, a third-grader at McCalister’s Home School Academy. Cruel s essay on activist Rosa Parks was packed with details, including how difficult life was for black children growing up in the 1950s. According to her essay, Parks’ action on the bus was simple, but profound in repercussions, and represented a lifetime of learning and growing.