‘We finally have a voice’: West Seneca East senior starts African American Studies Club

WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WKBW) — Black History Month is coming to a close. Still, one West Seneca East Senior High School student is making sure stories about African American culture are told for generations to come.

“We finally have a voice here,” Ciara German, a senior at West Seneca East, said. “The club isn’t only to inform them, it’s also like, to create a sense of belonging and to amplify and uplift them and their culture.”

She started an African American studies club after feeling a gap in the history she was being taught in the classroom…

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