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Falcon News Herald

Monday 21st March 2022

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Black History month is an amazing celebration we celebrate every February.

Flashback February! Black History Month

Words by Eva Bocanegra and Sophia Nguyen

Black History Month started on February 7 ,1926 and was created by Carter G. Wilson. Schools across the US and some other countries, celebrate black history month by watching documentary videos, reading books about Black History Month, curricular activities and more.
By celebrating black history month, people look back in time, and learn about all the brilliant things black figures did when times were tough. Before the 2000's, people that weren't of color would treat African Americans unfairly. In the 1700's -1800's, people captured African Americans, and used them as servants. This act was called, slavery. On December 18th, 1865 the government had outlawed slavery, but that wasn't the end of unfair rights. People not of color retaliated and began banning black lives from restaurants, schools, and many more places and things. Fortunately, the fights and protests that people of color held DIDN'T go to waste.On March 22, 1972, The government declared equal rights for everyone!
But,do you know the real reason why we celebrate the month of February? We celebrate black history month because of all the heroic things African Americans did to get the rights that they needed. Here is a list of names from the people that made black history month so alive.
Martin Luther King Jr. , Rosa Parks , Jackie Robinson ,Harriet Tubman, Bob Marley, Monica Roberts, Maya Angelou, John Lewis, Fannie Lou Hamer, Barbara Jordan and other amazing African Americans.
Some of the names listed you may recognize. I hope you enjoyed Black History Month, and I hope you learned something to! Stay tuned for another awesome newspaper from Falcon News Herald.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Words by Emma Zidlicky

In February, we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr and many other African American historical figures. Because February is Black History Month. We celebrate him because he taught people how to use love instead of violence, and that changed how people acted. Martin Luther King Jr. is most well known for approving Civil Rights. He put together The March On Washington, where he gave his I Have A Dream Speech. He was assassinated in 1968. So that is why, it is important to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day every January. But that does not mean there is no one else we celebrate in February. Black History Month honors all African Americans from all periods of U.S American History. I hope you celebrate Black History Month!

Ruby Bridges and Benjamin Banneker

Brave Ruby Bridges

Words by Perry Smith and Sophia Nguyen

Ruby was born on September 8,1954. At the time the schools were segregated, this meant that black students were required to attend a different school than white students. As a part of an experiment, congress sent Ruby, along with two young black children behind her. In the large school, only one teacher out of hundreds were willing to accept her. Even at the very first days of her traveling to school, many white people weren't comfortable with their child going to the same school as them. They would throw stones and branches at young Ruby. Eventually, the threat got out of hand, and high authority officers and staff had to escort Ruby in and out of school. She was the first 6 year old African American to enter a all white school, this was on November 14,1960.

Benjamin Banneker was very impressive when it came to inventing.

Benjamin Banneker

Ruby Bridges with military staff escorting her safely out of her school

Words by Noelle Darius, edited by Sophia Nguyen

Who was Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker was an African-American man who aimed for the stars, and applied himself to be an astronomer, an author, and a scientist. He had also owned land and he was born November 9th, 1731 in Baltimore County. He had three siblings, Molly Morten, Minta Black, and Jemima Banneker. He had parents of the names Robert Bannaky, and Mary Bannaky.

Early Years
Banneker had lived on a farm as a child and did a lot of work around the farm like picking weeds, planting crops, watering them, etc. He was born a freed slave, so he wasn't a slave when he was young or old.

Education
He had went to a small school for a little while and had an interest in math and science. He borrowed many books for his Grandmother Molly Welsh to teach him how to read and write.

The Clock
Benjamin Banneker had invented a clock made out of wood. He had been inspired to make this clock in 1752, when he was given a watch by his friend. He got curious, and took the watch apart to observe how it functioned.
Death
Benjamin Banneker had sadly died on October, 9 1806 in a house fire on his farm in Oella, where he and many of his belongings had burned. He had been 74 years old when he’d died.

People Who Changed the World

Henry "Box" Brown, Rosa Parks, Mae Jemison, and Brown v. The Board of Education

How Henry "Box" Brown Found Freedom

Mae Jemison

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Words by Pita Wold-Edwards and Sophia Nguyen

Henry "Box" Brown was born in 1815, where he was born into slavery and was forced to do work and not get paid, he commonly got punished and made fun of. He was a slave for thirty-three years before he escaped. He got married and started a family, but they were later all sold due to their master's lack of money. Henry was tired of being treated so roughly, and thought up a plan to escape. Henry poured acidic chemicals over his arm, making it seem as if he had a rough fall. With the help of an empathetic mailman, he snuck into a small box ,that was shipped to Philadelphia, Where he lived a much better life, and started a new family.

Rosa Parks

Words by Quinn Bingham and Mariah Sands, Edited by Sophia Nguyen

Rosa Parks was born on February 4th, 1913. She never understood why people of color were never treated with as much respect as white people. If a white person wanted to sit where a black person was originally seated, they would have to give up there seat and go to the back. When Rosa Parks was told to give up seat to a white man she refused. She was shamed and thrown in jail. This all started on December 1, 1955. Back then segregation was a existed. Segregation is when people are separated because of there skin color! Many lawyers worked on the case. Eventually, Rosa was pardoned and freed from jail. Unfortunately, that wasn't the end of segregation. Rosa Parks sadly, died on October 24, 2005, but was and will always be remembered to this very day.

Words by C.C, D.G., N.M.,D.B

In 1951, schools were segregated. Oliver Brown and many others filed a suit against segregation in school. The district court said that separate was equal, but three years later in 1954, more men fought together, and those cases, became one single.
On May 7, 1954, the case went to the Supreme Court. The Board of Education people lawyers said separate was equal. But in the end, Chief Justice Earl Warren said that separate could not be, or made to be equal. They voted 9 to 0. The planktons had won the case! The schools across the country had to change their racial segregation laws.

Words by Mariah Sands, Edited by Sophia Nguyen

On October 17,1956 in Decatur AL, a little girl named Mae Jemison was born. She was born after slavery had been demolished but segregation was still a thing. Segregation was when people were separated because of their race (skin color.) When Mae was three, her family moved to Chicago, Illinois for better education. Mae had dreamed of being a doctor or scientist, so she was always in her school library studying science. (especially astronomy) When Mae returned to the United States, in 1985 she decided to apply for a NASA astronaut training program, and was chosen out of the two thousand people that attempted to be applied. She was the first female African American to go to space in 1992. Mae is still alive today and works hard.

Making History

Journalists, Sophia Nguyen and Charlotte Chen, highlight men and women that persevered through obstacles and made history.

Maya Angelo

Robert Smalls

George .W Carver

Barack Obama

By: Sophia Nguyen

Fannie Lou Hamer

George Washington Carver was born on January, ? , 1864 , in Diamond, Missouri.
During July 30th, 1865, he was captured and kidnapped by members of the Klu Klux Klan, who were resentful because of the abolition of slavery. Luckily, George was found by his neighbors, and returned to his masters, Moses and Susan Carver.
During 1897, George noticed that many cotton plantations were quickly dying. He then investigated the strange situation, and discovered that cotton quickly used up most of the soil's nutrients. Soon enough, he experimented with crops, and noticed that peanuts provide nitrates for the soil. He quickly informed farmers, and invented crop-rotation. The process required planting cotton for one season, and then replacing the cotton plants with peanut bushels after the cotton's season is over.
George W Carver sadly died after falling a long way down a staircase during January 5th, 1943.

By: Charlotte Chen

Maya Angelou is a woman who considers herself as a poet, novelist, essayist, teacher, producer, dramatist, historian, filmmaker, activist, and actress. Wow, she has a lot of jobs.

Maya wrote poetry, and made television shows. She was the first African American to become a cable car conductor, but she went back to finish high school. She talked at President Barack Obama's inauguration, and helped Martin Luther King Jr. But sadly, his assassination occurred on her birthday.

Maya also helped a guy called Malcolm X. to make a poetic book called I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. Maya Angelou is an inspiring and role model- ish person through many of our eyes.

Words by Sophia Nguyen

In 1917, Fannie was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi. 6 years later, she was forced to drop out of school due to a rise in sharecropping.
Years later, on the New Years Day of 1962, she attended a rally organized by the SNCC and SCLC ( two groups that are against racism and unfair civil rights ) and was inspired to take a stand against unruly people.
On August 1st, 1962, she traveled to Ruleville Mississippi to vote, which at the time, was illegal for those of color and women to do so.
On December 24th,1963, she decided to attempt to run for a spot in congress, but failed the two times she tried, both due to other members being against her skin tone.
On January 1st, 1964, she was heard of by white police officers, and was then jailed and beaten, leading to heart failure.

By : Charlotte Chen

Black History Month celebrates well known African Americans. One of these amazing people would be Barack Obama. Barack Obama was the very first African American to become president. His wife, Michelle Obama also shows an interesting history.

There were some other unknown firsts that he accomplished. Like being the first African American president, he was also the first president who came from Hawaii. He was also the first president to install a basketball court in the White House.

Barack Obama was a very interesting man to lots of people, and he set the bar for Kamala Harris, who is the very first woman Vice President. He is a man who has done a lot and people like to dream they will be just like him.

Words by Sophia Nguyen

Smalls was born in an enslaved house in Beaufort, South Carolina on April 5th, 1839. Years later, in 1856, he married Hannah Jones.
During the outbreak of the Civil War, he was hired as a deckhand on a Confederate supply ship titled "The Planter. "

The boat carried cotton and other numerous supplies throughout forts in Charleston Harbor. Over the course of several months, he observed how the ship was controlled and how it functioned while he plotted a way to escape.

In the early hours of May 13th, 1862, white officers slept in the Charleston forts. Smalls along with an estimated 7 slaves ( including his wife and two children ) slipped the Planter out of Charleston Harbor. He headed out to open waters and the Union blockade. It was daring and dangerous, and if caught, the crew was prepared to blow up the vessel. Saving other slaves along the way, he successfully escaped to free land.

Falcons of the Week

Falcons of the week display leadership, teamwork, and success in everything they do.

Benjamin Jordan

Elena Benton

Vivian Zidlicky

Veila Nguyen and Tyler Camio

Brayleigh Whipkey

Vivian Zidlicky... Or should we say little ball of love! When VIvian has her eyes set on something, she is not willing to stop aiming for it!

Benjamin Jordan, a superstar in the making ! Make way Superman, because this kid has got some super- kindness, and he's not hesitating to share this power with the world!

Ms. Elena Benton never gives up on herself, and her friends! She welcomes everyone she meets with open arms, and never fails to achieve her goals!!

1st graders, Veila Rose Nguyen and Tyler Camio, are two AMAZING students who always aim for the stars! These two have no limit to what they can achieve!

Bryson Gordon

Addison Melusso

Noelle Darius

Breighleigh really shines like a star, But instead of spreading light, she spreads love! Everyone in her class NEVER feels left out with Breighleigh there to help out! Congrats!!!!

Perry Smith

Addison Melusso blinds anyone that passes by her with radiant kindness and carefulness! Her teacher, along with the rest of her class sure can admit: Addison is the best! Congratulations, Addison!

Noelle Darius was third grade's falcon of the week! She displayed kindness in and out of the classroom! She has expert-leveled listening skills, and will do anything to achieve her goals! She helps her classmates at all times, and is always on top of it!

4th grader, Perry Smith, has really outdone herself this time! She has definitely shown great kindness and carefulness to all of her classmates!
She'll stop in her path if she sees someone struggling, and offer them help like the great friend she is!

Bryson rightfully earned his title as " Falcon Of The Week," by showing his listening and participating in all activities! Not to mention how incredibly friendly he's been to all of his classmates! During soccer, he'll even stop himself in the middle of the game to help someone that has fallen down!

Meet the Team

This is the team that gives you entertaining stories every week.

Cooper Fletcher

Noelle Darius

Mariah Sands

Harper Karl

Teaghan Burton

My favorite things are video games, science, and the color orange. I'm A HUGE fan of Mario. I love chickens and used to have some.

My favorite color is blue, and I love to eat sushi. My favorite animals are pandas, red pandas, and koalas. I love to draw and do crafts.

I am the middle child. I am very creative, my favorite colors are pink, purple, and blue. Reading is my hobby.

Editor and journalist of Newsflash, favorite color: Blue.
favorite animal: turtle. Hobbies: drawing, playing with turtle, trampoline, playing games, and being with family and friends!

I am 9 years old, and I love mermaids, Axolotl, and Harry Potter. My favorite color is blue. My hobbies are dancing, Girl Scouts, and the Dobby club. My favorite games are Minecraft and Roblox.

President Eva Bocanegra

Pita Wold-Edwards

Sophia Nguyen

Gus Altman

Quinn Bingham

I am President of RBB, my hobbies are writing the newspaper and drawing, my favorite subjects are Math Science and Social Studies

My favorite color is yellow, I am vice president of RBB, I love animals, drawing, playing with my dog, and writing the school's news paper to give you the weekly cup of tea.

Jobs: Editor, Journalist, and secretary of STUCO
Hobbies: Drawing and hanging out with my dog.
Favorite animals: Scarlet Macaw, Secretary bird, Fer- De- Lance, and Pink Robin

My favorite things are soccer, cats, basketball, hide-and- seek, math, tennis, masks, Roblox, and purple things. My FAVORITE thing to do is annoy my sisters I have three of them.

My favorite color is all the shades of blue. Some of my hobbies are drawing, singing, and sports. My favorite quote is, "When things aren't adding up, start subtracting." That quote was by Dr. Seuss. My favorite subject is Math. What I say all the time is, "Gasp, how dare you!"