Aspire

    Celebrate black achievement, culture, and history as you explore sample playlists and videos below.

    What is Aspire?
    Hero: Thaddeus Adolphus Watson, 100 Year-Old WWII Veteran
    Mikey Wren, A Young Entrepreneur and Inspiration
    Telling Stories in the African Oral Tradition
    Eric Draper, White House Photographer
    Beyond Dred Scott | The Legacy of Freedom Suits in American History
    Stories of Achievement
    Getting in “Good Trouble” | Civil Rights Activist Ohun Ashe
    Celebrating “Treemonisha,” Scott Joplin’s Operatic Masterpiece
    Young Scientist Seeks to Cultivate an Even Better Collard Green
    My Father Was Medgar Evers | His Daughter Shares Her Memories of the Civil Rights Leader
    Elizabeth Keckley, Behind the Scenes
    The Freedom Suits Memorial Sculpture
    Stories of Culture
    Our Grandmother is Henrietta Lacks | Family Shares Their Story of the Woman with Immortal Cells
    A Conversation with Dick Gregory
    The Legacy of the Little Rock Nine
    Meet Patricia McKissack, Master Storyteller of Children’s Books with Black Voices
    Celebrating Black History in a Community Mural
    A Conversation with Sister Mary Antona Ebo, Part 1
    Stories of History

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