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"We're always on the prowl."

"We're always on the prowl."

The Centreville Sentinel

"We're always on the prowl."

The Centreville Sentinel

Teacher Spotlight: Mrs. Johnson

Teacher Spotlight: Mrs. Johnson

Elizabeth Ninde
October 18, 2023

When you chose your classes over the summer for this school year, you may have noticed a new elective: African American History. This elective is only two years old at CVHS and is also quite new to many...

(Photo: National Library of Medicine)

Celebrating Black Excellence: Rebecca Lee Crumpler

Deepika Joshi
February 22, 2019

Rebecca Lee Crumpler challenged the thinking and practices that prevented African-Americans from pursuing careers in medicine. Dr. Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler completed her Medical Doctorate (M.D.) in 1864,...

(Photo: U.S. Library of Congress, Reproduction number LC-USZ62-62394)

Celebrating Black Excellence: Zora Neale Hurston

Sydney A. Brobbey
February 19, 2019

“When Zora was there, she was the party,” Sterling Brown said. Zora Neale Hurston, the life of every party, and the woman who gracefully walked into every room she entered fashionably late,...

Celebrating Black Excellence: Sydney Poitier

Celebrating Black Excellence: Sydney Poitier

Aidan Herklotz
February 11, 2019

 February is black history month, so it is fitting to be taking a glance at the the life of one of the most influential African-American film stars (and civil-rights activists) in American History--Sidney...

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