‘I have three teenagers in 10th, 11th and 12th grades, and it’s a journey,’ said a beaming Joe Evans of Alonha, Jordynn and Denver, pictured here alongside their dad and grandma, Betty Evans. ‘I lost my wife (Misty) in 2017, so it’s been a journey, and I’m proud of the perseverance they’ve shown through it all. They keep me going.’
Black History Month 2022: Joe Evans, an everlasting advocate for education
Scott McLendon
The origins of Black History Month
As a Harvard-trained historian, Carter G. Woodson, like W. E. B. Du Bois before him, believed that truth could not be denied and that reason would prevail over prejudice.
Thursday, February 24, 2022