Atlanta parents lead movement to bolster AAPI history education, address racism

Lorraine Irier is one of the many parents who volunteers to teach AAPI heritage during the month of May. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Lorraine Irier pointed at a black-and-white photo of a little girl on the screen at the front of a classroom. She visited her son Zaren’s fifth grade class at Decatur’s Fifth Avenue Upper Elementary.  

“Do we know who this is?” she asked. The class responded with a collective, “Ruby Bridges.” 

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