Millennial Minds Eps 61 w/Desmond Williams on Educating Black Boys in America

Yazzie speaks with Mr. Desmond Williams, founder of Nylinka School Solutions and author of The Burning House: Educating Black Boys in America about his passion for educating black boys and encouraging them to dream, and pursue their dreams. Desmond describes his journey - growing up in Detroit in a war zone during the Reagan administration, having hip hop as an outlet "to help make meaning of the things that he was [we were] seeing." Demond migrated to Washington, DC to attend Howard University in 1996. He describes how powerful and transformative his trip to Washington, DC in 1995 to be a part of the Million Man March was for him as a young man. The conversation further delves into harsh realities around race in the United States of America and the importance of black people being able to make meaning of what is happening around them, and become change agents that drive solutions.