Black Texans, Inc.

TEACH AFTER SCHOOL Another Stream for Teachers. Another Opportunity for Students. The final bell may end the traditional school day, but it does not have to end the learning—or the opportunity. Teach After School connects certified educators with meaningful, paid opportunities to continue teaching beyond the classroom while helping students receive the additional academic support, encouragement and enrichment they need to succeed. Through partnerships with local school districts, churches and community organizations, participating teachers serve elementary, middle and high school students through structured tutoring, academic intervention, enrichment, mentoring and career-readiness programs. The Meaning Behind the Stream The stream in the Teach After School logo represents movement, growth and opportunity. For teachers, it represents another income stream—an opportunity to earn additional compensation by using the professional knowledge, training and experience they already pos...

  DIGGING FOR DIGNITY PROUDLY PRESENTS  SAME SOIL SEGREGATED SOULS: The Story of Two Cemeteries in One Place in Plano, Texas. They are buried only yards apart, yet their treatment made a world of difference. By the Digging for Dignity Legacy Project  Link:  https://youtu.be/CbcCBV_WMPY?is=b3nPWFcK3whYsDZp PLANO, TEXAS — Behind a beautiful black fence in Plano’s historic Douglass Community rests a history too important to overlook, too painful to ignore and too powerful to forget. Walk toward the northern entrance and a stately black sign announces: OLD CITY CEMETERY 1848 Continue a short distance south and another sign appears: DAVIS CEMETERY 1945 Only a few yards separate the two entrances. The people buried beyond them rest beneath the same Texas sky and within the soil of the same growing city. They endured droughts and depressions, plowed fields, raised families, established churches, built businesses and answered the call of military service. Yet the histories r...