The niece of a renowned Detroit educator and historian is asking the city’s school board to champion a proposal to ensure her aunt’s legacy endures as officials plan to close a school named after her.
The Detroit Public Schools Community District board discussed the Catherine C. Blackwell Institute at its meeting this week. With the school scheduled to close in the near future, Blackwell’s niece Alberta Carter addressed the board about renaming another school after the late Detroit educator, who was a pioneer in the field of African and African-American studies.
“Catherine Blackwell was a remarkable woman whose contributions to education and the community were extensive. Given Catherine’s significant contributions, we respectfully request that following the closure of Blackwell Institute, another school within DPSCD be renamed in her honor,” Carter said…