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High school senior Tariah Hyland says she hasn t been taught much about Black history during her 12 years in Delaware public schools. (Courtesy of Tariah Hyland)
Tariah Hyland learned about slavery and Black civil rights icons like the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks during her 12 years in Delaware public schools.
“And then if we’re lucky, Malcolm X,’’ Hyland told WHYY News. “Even then we still aren’t really taught the truth about their work and what they fought for. It’s almost like watered down and diluted knowledge about these very powerful leaders.”
So Hyland, a senior at St. Georges Technical High School who co-founded the Delaware Black Student Coalition, jumped at the chance to help make Black history part of the mandatory curriculum in K-12 schools, rather than merely an afterthought or part of February’s Black History Month lessons.
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First single-dose COVID-19 vaccine events in Delaware scheduled for this weekend Brandon Holveck, Delaware News Journal
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Delaware will be hosting its first events using the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine this weekend, a week after concluding its largest vaccine clinic to date at Dover International Speedway.
The J&J events will provide vaccines to about 5,000 people at Seaford High School on Saturday and the Division of Motor Vehicles in Delaware City on Sunday. Appointments are being offered this week via email, drawing from the roughly 128,000 people 65 and older on the state s vaccine waiting list.
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Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama is requiring that students who will live on campus for the spring 2021 semester must be tested for coronavirus, officials said. The tests must happen within seven days of their arrival, no later than Jan. 19. The spring semester will begin Jan. 13. The university will offer free testing, or students can choose to get tested before returning to Tuscaloosa. Test results are expected to be provided within 24 hours to three days. The spring reentry testing is only required for those living on campus, including in residence halls and fraternity and sorority houses. In addition to reentry testing, the university is continuing to conduct a variety of testing for all students, including sentinel, for-cause, exposure and symptomatic testing. More details about the testing can be found on the university’s website.