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If Cherry Hill is a melting pot, we need to act accordingly, she added.
The Cherry Hill School District serves more than 10,000 students. It remains predominantly white. Fewer than 10% of the students are Black.
The district said the new course is a long time coming. The graduation requirement affects incoming freshmen in 2021 and going forward. It s a collaborative effort with Black professors from local universities like Monmouth University and Rowan. What has gone on for hundreds of years has to stop. This is not something that just happened. There are systemic problems with race in the United States and we must talk about them, Superintendent Dr. Joe Meloche said.
Cherry Hill School District first to make African American studies a graduation requirement
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CHERRY HILL, New Jersey (WPVI) The Cherry Hill School District became a pioneer during Black History Month. A historic vote Tuesday made the district the first in New Jersey to require that African American studies are a mandatory course in order for high schoolers to graduate. It s not about color. It s teaching the truth to the history, Cherry Hill West parent Tina Truitt said.
Truitt is also the president of the Cherry Hill African American Association. If Cherry Hill is a melting pot, we need to act accordingly, she added.