Black Families Increasingly Choose to Homeschool Kids

Black Families Increasingly Choose to Homeschool Kids | Heritage Mom

source: https://heritagemom.com/index.php/2018/07/21/black-families-increasingly-choose-to-homeschool-kids/

I was pleasantly surprised a few months ago when PBS asked if I would speak about the growth of homeschooling among black families. After a few phone interviews, the film crew came down to spend time with my family and a couple of dynamic women that I'm blessed to call friends.

The camera followed us on a field trip tour of The Wren's Nest - the historic home of Joel Chandler Harris, creator of Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit. And to celebrate the heritage of African-American folklore through storytelling, we scheduled storyteller Akbar Imhotep to share some of Harris' tales with our group. It was certainly the highlight of our day!

After the tour and storytelling, we headed down the street to enjoy lunch at Soul Vegetarian Restaurant - a black-owned business and the largest chain of vegan restaurants in the world. It's a staple in Atlanta's West End and another opportunity to expose the children to a unique dining experience. Our group descended upon the restaurant and was fortunate enough to meet the owner which is always a cherry on top when we're out and about in the community. I had an amazing BBQ cauliflower entree that I've been unsuccessfully attempting to recreate at home since that day. My children had macaroni and cheese and salad, and we shared a piece of yummy cake - all dairy & meat free, of course!

It was a great day to have guests join in our homechooling adventures. Please take a look at the video, and check out the other women interviewed - Judy Sarden and Sheva Quinn.

This is just one news story covering the growing trend of black families taking their children's education into their own hands. This recent article is another take on the same topic: The Radical Self-Reliance on Black Homeschooling. Feel free to leave others you find in the comments!

Delighting in the Days by Wild+Free - Heritage Mom

Share on Facebook Save to Pinterest I'm excited to be featured in Delighting in the Days, a new 132-page book of some of Wild+Free's best articles on childhood over the past few years. Beautiful thoughts from the Bewildandfree.org: "The beauty of this life with our children is that we not only get to reclaim childhood [...]

Books & Things: Agreeing to Disagree - Heritage Mom

I've made a point not to disparage curricula, books, services, or products that fellow homeschool moms have created for this community. In fact, I've gone out of my way to state that I respect the work that has been done to provide booklists, lesson plans, and other resources.

Including #OwnVoices Books - Heritage Mom

Q: Amber, how do you feel about books featuring Black characters or people written by non-Black authors?

Stories From Modern Day Africa - Heritage Mom

For world history and geography studies, I like for my kids to read plenty of stories from modern-day Africa. I've shared picture books and chapter books about African kingdoms in the past, and I love those stories, but books covering African people and events of the 20th and 21st centuries are also imperative.

20th-Century Black History Books - Heritage Mom

Share on Facebook Save to Pinterest These 20th-Century Black History Books cover a period of history during which segregation tightened and racial oppression escalated across the United States. Uniquely, it also includes years of immense progress and explosive creative expression among Black Americans who found ways to survive and even thrive amid incredibly unjust circumstances.

Delighting in the Days by Wild+Free - Heritage Mom

Books & Things: Agreeing to Disagree - Heritage Mom

Including #OwnVoices Books - Heritage Mom

Stories From Modern Day Africa - Heritage Mom

20th-Century Black History Books - Heritage Mom

Common Place Company

Categories

Social Footprints