The historic and documented educational underachievement of African American students in public schools throughout the nation is the most glaring inequity and unfulfilled initiative of the incessant struggle for social justice during the 20th and 21st centuries. Educational justice remains the most significant Civil Right that has not been provided to all African American students and families. It is essential that a formal Black Educational Civil Rights Agenda be established, accepted, implemented and supported with adequate and necessary resources by all stakeholders who recognize the fundamental right of all citizens to a free and appropriate public education. It is also essential to recognize that it is a disadvantage to all, if a significant group of Americans remains consistently mis-and under-educated. On October 28, 2006, ©The Education Is A Civil Right Committee along with Dr. Bill Cosby met in a community forum with over two thousand concerned parents, students, CBO, elected officials, educators and other stakeholders to unveil this initiative. Subsequent meetings working collaboratively with African American and other leaders at the local, state, and national level generated the current version of the Agenda.

©The Education Is A Civil Right Committee:  DR. George McKenna (Chairman), Doris Dillard, Hal Fairchild, Rudy Barbee (corresponding secretary), J. Maxie Hemmans, Earl Perkins, Michael Hopwood, Joyce Rushing, Michael Dennis, Dwight Bonds, Lannie Foster, Larry Higgins, Marguerite Lamotte, Dr. Randy Ross, Lawrence Moore, Reginald Brass, DR. Andrew Kennedy, Dr. Saundra Davis, Sandra Sealy, Doreatha Williams (recording secretary) currently constitute the members of The Education Is A Civil Right Executive Board (The Committee). Please refer to our website at: