Woodbury, MN: East Ridge High School’s Black Panther presentation irks parents

Bob Shaw Pioneer Press TwinCities.com 2/21/2013

This is a 1960s photo of Black Panther chairman Bobby Seale, left, wearing a Colt .45 pistol, and Huey P. Newton, the militant organization’s defense minister, with a bandoleer and shotgun. (Associated Press/San Francisco Examiner file photo)

A Woodbury high school presentation about the Black Panther Party […]

Black Panther poem reading touches off concerns at high school in Minnesota

East Ridge High School Principal Aaron Harper found himself fielding some complaints Thursday after a controversial poem meant to honor Black History Month was read aloud over the school’s public address system.

Mike Longaecker Woodbury Bulletin 2/15/2013

East Ridge High School Principal Aaron Harper found himself fielding some complaints Thursday after a controversial poem meant […]

Teachers in trouble after honoring O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul for Black History Month

New York Daily News 3/4/2010

LOS ANGELES – Three Los Angeles elementary school teachers accused of giving children portraits of O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul to carry in a Black History Month parade have been removed from their classrooms, a school district spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Children from other classes at the school displayed photos […]

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