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Lake Oswego School District adopts Black History Month resolution; student leaders outline events
Summary
The Lake Oswego School District board unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing February as Black History Month and encouraging instructional activities across the year. Lakeridge High School Black Student Union president Chase Merrill described student events, including a Feb. 22 community celebration.
The Lake Oswego School District board adopted a resolution recognizing February as Black History Month and encouraging district schools to “infuse instructional learning activities to incorporate the contributions of Black Americans throughout the school year.”
The resolution recounts the history of African Americans’ forced arrival in the Americas, local exclusionary laws in Oregon and Lake Oswego’s small Black population, and cites the year’s national theme…
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