Now the district’s director of pupil personnel services, Mr. Hickman said he will work to develop race-conscious instruction for teachers, helping them become aware of the inadvertent biases that might impede fair instruction in the classroom.
The Delany Scholars Program culminated its two years with a June trip to Washington, D.C., when 22 high school students traveled through the capital on a tour of landmarks significant to African-American history.
For a few days, the group forgot that this trip would be their last. On the checkered floors of Ben’s Chili Bowl, one of the few D.C. spots still standing after the race riots of 1968 and a favorite restaurant of President Barack Obama, the future didn’t seem so far away.