Education
Schooling youth in life and the game
By Bradmond Lee-Harewood — In 2005, Jamel Wright founded the Harlem Jets, hoping to create an opportunity for his son and other inner city children to grow and develop on and off the football field. “I wouldn’t have known it was 20 years if someone else hadn’t told me,” Wright said. “The work is just […]
A Mississippi ‘freedom school’ in Brooklyn
By Derrick Stilley — Since the Paul Robeson Freedom School opened in 2012, more than 500 students have enrolled in its diverse programming, which includes training in the electrical trades, Black history and music. “I’m really caught up in a world where young people are telling me their dreams. I’m loving it, I’m loving it,” […]
A leader, far from his past troubles
By Westley Reaves Jr. — Malik McGhee started preparing last February for three days in June at a New York City networking conference for standout students from historically black colleges and universities. He hadn’t expected to be in that pool of students, handpicked by their business school deans. He’d gotten into trouble with the law […]