There is a school on the West Side of Chicago in the middle of the violence and poverty that wholeheartedly rejects the notion that black students cannot be academically successful.
Since 1969, Providence St. Mel School has pursued academic rigor and, in 2019, the school sent the entire senior class to colleges on academic scholarships.
On the 73rd day of his 100-day rooftop vigil to build a community center designed to provide opportunities, Pastor Corey Brooks invited Tim Ervin, principal of Providence St. Mel, to the freezing roof for a chat by the campfire.
The men agreed that academic excellence is an attainable goal for young people who have been relegated for too long to the lower echelons of society because they were not given the opportunity to succeed academically.
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