Rogers High School - RYB Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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Racial stereotypes, culturalion and assimila- tion are just a few of the topics Mr. Drake explains to Frank McCormick, Brent Ham- monds, Tina Redden and Denise Cooper. Tom Hager, Kevin Burks and lay Williams lis- ten to Mr. Drake in Black Studies. Black Studies

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Black Studies - open class THE PERSON I MOST ADMIRE TCdChCr Don Drake calls his Black Studies an l'open Class in which there is a lot of communication. It everyone's comfortable, they talk more. and learn about one another. he observed. The more background you have on a people, the more you understand those people. I think that's good. Mr. Drake makes the Class fun as well as informative, Tom Hagen said. HI dropped Calculus, and I figured I might as well drop study hall and learn something so I took Black Studies. Besides, Drake cracks me up! With a smile on his face, Leslie Scott explains, The Person I most admire is my Motherfi Tom Hager and Dale Hirshfield compare test papers, as Leslie Scott, Danny Lewis and Judy Southward look on. 28 Academics A big event in the course was the soul-food picnic in the spring. Students cooked and ate foods such as fried chicken, chittlings and collard greens. First semester students studied the roots of Black history and culture in Africa. Second semester focused on Blacks in America. Viewing history from this Black perspective gave students knowledge and understanding of the many varied accomplishments of Blacks in every field and instilled a sense of pride. , '. DEM! W Hus... 2' unm- w-II-n-cn-n- -u-Iu-lna n- amn-n tvo www.mm B MJW WC I'll- . mum . -- taiwam-D m. mm-upm 33 Vfif mus am i

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Government student Frank Nowatzke asks Senator Noary a few questions through an in- tercom system. Seniors Roxanne Sturdy, Phil Ream, Albert Edwards, Bill Whitlow, Bob Carlson, Mike Gardener, Matt Boehnlein and Nancy Barkley munch on lunch brought in because of a noblem in the kitchen. 30 Academics