Aminata Umoja of Lithonia, Ga., poses in March for a portrait with a puppet named Swahili in a classroom at the Kilombo Academic and Cultural Institute in Decatur, Ga. Ms. Umoja is an educator and the founder of the Kilombo Academic and Cultural Institute.
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Black parents seek schools affirming their history amid bans
Every decision Assata Salim makes for her young son is important. Amid a spike in mass killings, questions of safety were at the top of her mind when choosing a school. Next on her checklist was the school’s culture.
