Educating the Black Child
Representative Hawkins then delivered the keynote address at the annual Congressional Black Caucus gathering. Hawkins focused on the role of education in society and more specifically ways of improving the availability of quality education to African Americans. Hawkins was chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee.
Representative Dymally opened the gathering with a short discussion on the development of rights for the black community under the Constitut… read more
Representative Dymally opened the gathering with a short discussion on the development of rights for the black community under the Constitution.
Representative Hawkins then delivered the keynote address at the annual Congressional Black Caucus gathering. Hawkins focused on the role of education in society and more specifically ways of improving the availability of quality education to African Americans. Hawkins was chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee. close
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