Conwell News: Black History Month Assembly – Celebrating The Black Culture

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by A. Snowden – 62 – CCB Reporter

Conwell Middle Magnet School hosted a live Zoom event on Feb. 28 in celebration of Black History Month. The event included five Conwell Cougars.Blog produced interviews by Conwell students and staff about their African heritage.

The event was created by Conwell’s Black History Month Committee, and featured:

  • CCB student Interviews
  • African Music
  • African Dances
  • Different Flags
  • Different foods
  • Posters of Black History
  • Colorful slideshows about Black History

Students were dancing, singing, and there were positive feedback all around!

“The Celebration was really interesting to see and learn about all the foods”, J. Rivera of section 6 – 2 stated as she described what it was like to see this presentation. ” I would defiantly see this again.”

Check out the student video interviews that were featured in the school assembly:

N. Fanfan-83 CCB Contributor interviews A. Mejias about her Dominican Republic heritage.
K. Velasquez-83-CCB Lead Graphic Artist interviews L. Victoriano-83 about her Trinidadian heritage.
M. Hernandez – 61 – CCB Contributor interviews O. Colon about her African American heritage.
A. Mejias-83 – CCB Contributor interviews Conwell Middle Magnet School’s Nurse Tosin about her Nigerian Heritage.
A. Mejias – 83 – CCB Contributor interviews N. Fanfan-83 about her Haitian heritage.

Editor’s Note: Videos were produced by members of the CCB Graphic Arts Team: K. Velasquez-83, A. Vega-82, and A. Peralta – 83.

Posted by A. Snowden.-62- CCB Staff

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