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Once again, Beyoncé’s impact is being taught in school. As AFROTECH™ previously reported, Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East offered a virtual course titled “Black Is Queen: The Divine Feminine in Kush” in 2021, taught by Dr. Solange Ashby, who has a Ph.D. in Egyptology and was an adjunct professor at Barnard College at the time. Beyoncé has also been taught at Cornell University, Arizona State University, and Rutgers University, among others. Now, Widener University in Pennsylvania becomes the latest school to feature a course on the “Cowboy Carter” artist, according to CBS News. T his time to a class of nearly 10 freshman students, all young women. “Who doesn’t want to take a course on Beyoncé? I grew up listening to her music,” Grace Schneider, a Widener freshman, said, according to the outlet. Jayla Stone, another freshman at Widener, commented: “This is the class I talk the most in. It’s a small class and we’re able to connect more.” The course is taught by Dr. Richard...
Two Black girl scholars are being celebrated for going above and beyond for their debate team. According to Black Enterprise, 16-year-old Jayla Jackson and 17-year-old Emani Stanton have been honored by the Harvard Debate Council for being the first-ever Black girl duo to take home the grand prize title for the team. “Our 4th consecutive championship win was brought home to Atlanta by Jayla & Emani with an #UNDEFEATED record as they became the FIRST EVER Black girl duo to win Harvard’s international debate competition against over one hundred debaters from around the world,” the Harvard Diversity Project said on their official Instagram account. “They have shown the world what’s possible when the playing field is leveled!” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Harvard Diversity Project (@harvarddcdp) Jayla and Emani are part of Harvard University’s Harvard Diversity Project, which was founded in 2017 by coach and author Brandon Fleming. The Atlanta-based Diversity Project...
This past weekend, Netflix held a gaming tournament to celebrate the launch of and promote the newly premiered film, “The Old Guard,” directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. The winner of the “The Old Guard Invitational” of course won bragging rights in addition to a lifetime “immortal” subscription to the streaming service, according to The Gamer . Gamers Jayla, Blisskai, and Mulvana — better known as Team Bliss — came out victorious as the winners of the tournament with Jayla helping to lead her team all the way. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ninjayla (@ninjayla) Jayla — who’s both a Twitch partner and content creator — got a chance to recap what this win means to her and her team in a video highlight of the tournament. “It makes us feel like we’re kind of like capable of anything,” Jayla shared in the video. “To be in a tournament that has all females where we all get to be highlighted and have our strengths be highlighted is really important to me because that’s...