Envision Equity February 2019 Special Black History Month Edition

Finish The Statement
If I could spend one day in Harlem, New York during the
Harlem Renaissance, I would...
“I would sit in on a set with
Duke Ellington at the
Cotton Club while he
played all of his big band
hits.”
John D. Marshall Ed.D
Chief Equity Officer
“Mine would have to be the
chance to hear Louis
Armstrong live. I can
remember hearing him on
TV (it may have been about
the time of his death) and
asking my dad who he was
and what instrument he was
playing.”
Jimmy Adams
Chief of Human Resources
“I would hang out with
Zora Neale Hurston. I’d
ask her to read her
writings aloud and to
discuss her research.
Most importantly, I’d
encourage her and tell
her how amazing
people (including me)
would think her work
was in the future.”
Kim Morales, Principal
Seneca High School
“Sit down, relax, and
enjoy the amazing jazz
music.”
Randy Frantz
JCPS Director of
Transportation
“I would spend the day talking to Langston Hughes about his personal and
cultural experiences, and how those experiences influenced his poetic
revelations and artistry of black life during the Renaissance.”
Dr. Toetta Taul
Marion C. Moore
Freshman Academy Principal