Monday, February 14, 2022
Today's Black History Month moment is brought to you by Courtnegail R.Ida B. Wells was an American investigative journalist, educator and leader in the Civil Rights movement. She was born on July 16, 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi and died on March 25, 1931. She attended Fisk University and Rust College. She was one of the founders for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) but she is not named as such. In 1884, Wells-Barnett filed a lawsuit against a train car company in Memphis for unfair treatment. She had been thrown off a first-class train, despite having a ticket. Although she won the case on the local level, the ruling was eventually overturned in federal court. After the lynching of one of her friends, Wells-Barnett turned her attention to white mob violence. She became skeptical about the reasons black men were lynched and set out to investigate several cases. She published her findings in a pamphlet and wrote several columns in local newspapers. Her expose about an 1892 lynching enraged locals, who burned her press and drove her from Memphis. After a few months, the threats became so bad she was forced to move to Chicago, Illinois.
Wells-Barnett also traveled internationally, shedding light on lynching to foreign audiences. Abroad, she openly confronted white women in the suffrage movement who ignored lynching. Because of her stance, she was often ridiculed and ostracized by women’s suffrage organizations in the United States. Nevertheless, Wells-Barnett remained active in the women’s rights movement. She was a founder of the National Association of Colored Women’s Club which was created to address issues dealing with civil rights and women’s suffrage. Late in her career Wells-Barnett focused on urban reform in the growing city of Chicago. In her lifetime, she battled sexism, racism, and violence. As a skilled writer, Wells-Barnett also used her skills as a journalist to shed light on the conditions of African Americans throughout the South. She battled racism, sexism and violence. She wrote books like The Southern Horrors and The Red Record. She died on March 25th, 1931.
- We will be running a special schedule Weds (2/16) for course registration:
Special Early Release Schedule for 2/16/22
- The International Students Club is offering high school students an opportunity to be peer-tutors for ARHS students who are learning English! Depending on the student, you might be practicing conversational English with them or tutoring math/science topics. Please email Rebekah Hong at hongr@arps.org if you’re interested
- Want to watch a classic French movie and support the French Club? The French club will be showing “Les Parapluies de Cherbourg” on Thursday, February 17th at 7:00 pm in the auditorium. The tickets will be sold at the door and they will be $1.00 for students and $2.00 for general admission. Donations are encouraged. “Les Parapluies de Cherbourg” is a fun musical for everyone to watch, so come and bring your friends!
- Schools for Africa is a club that meets every other Wednesday afterschool. We talk about different ways to raise money to help Africa build more schools. We have raised lots of money in different ways: like bake sales, Man Pageant, Duck race and our letter campaign but we are still trying to get some new ideas for fundraising. All the money that we have made goes straight to our Schools for Africa funds account. Did you know that around 2010~2011 Schools for Africa raised about $20,000 which led us to our goal to build a School in Cameroon! Also in 2017, ARHS donated $9,000 to build a water system for the primary school in Nketiosh, Cameroon. Our goal is to raise a lot more so we can keep building more schools in Africa!
- The Best Buddies Club is having a Valentine's Day themed bake sale after school on Monday February 14th! Don't forget to stop by the table to get some treats for yourself or someone
