The Blue & Gold

The official newspaper of Chamblee High School, preserving the past for the future today!

The official newspaper of Chamblee High School, preserving the past for the future today!

The Blue & Gold

The official newspaper of Chamblee High School, preserving the past for the future today!

The Blue & Gold

I love being Black poster as seen on the second floor. The poster, sponsored by BEU and NAHS, included space for African American students to what they love about being Black.

Chamblee Clubs Launch New Black History Month Festivities

Matéo Hunter, Reporter February 7, 2023

For many people, February is a time to celebrate and understand the effects of Black culture and history in America. Chamblee High School chooses to celebrate Black History Month positively through educational...

Sophomores Trinity Walls (left) and Karson Gates (right) wear yellow in support of the Black History Month color theme day at Chamblee.

Celebrating Black History Month: Student Reflections

Coco Bradford, Editor March 18, 2022

Black History Month at Chamblee has always been a celebration, and returning from COVID, the tradition has returned. During the month of February, Chamblee students come together to celebrate Black history...

African Americans Forgotten in History: Bessie Coleman

African Americans Forgotten in History: Bessie Coleman

Kaylee Powell, Staff Writer February 28, 2022

Bessie Coleman was famously known as the first African American woman of Native American descent to hold a pilot's license. Coleman was born on January 28, 1982 in Atlanta, Texas, a place know for it’s...

African Americans Forgotten in History: Marsha P. Johnson

African Americans Forgotten in History: Marsha P. Johnson

Kaylee Powell, Staff Writer February 28, 2022

Marsha P. Johnson, formerly known as Malcom Micheals Jr., was a prominent woman in the LGBTQ+ movement. She grew up in New Jersey and graduated high school in 1963, entering the navy for a short time....

African Americans Forgotten in History- Lewis Howard Latimer

African Americans Forgotten in History: Lewis Howard Latimer

Kaylee Powell, Staff Writer February 24, 2022

How many people does it take to create a light bulb? Two: one to originally make one that lasts a few days, the man you all probably know, and another to make that famous original light bulb sustainable....

@ChambleeSGAs dress up days

2022 Black History Month Activities

Keegan Brooks, Editor January 31, 2022

Chamblee is celebrating Black History with the following events during the month of February: Black History Month Dress-Up Days SGA is hosting a series of dress-up days for Black History Month: ...

Chamblees Be.U. members wear red, an important color in the Pan-African flag.

A Look Back at 2020’s Black History Month

Oliver Hurst and Shay Martin March 1, 2020

Since its official recognition in 1976, Black History Month has been celebrated by Americans on a widespread scale during the month of February. And Chamblee Charter High School is no exception: African-American...

Empress of The Blues, by Romare Bearden, (1974).

The Artists Behind the Art: Exploring African-American Culture Through Art

Ava Lewis, Editor in Chief February 28, 2020

“Black art has always existed. It just hasn’t been looked for in the right places.”  -Romare Bearden I’m in love with visual art. I spend countless hours scrolling on my phone, pinning sketches...

African Americans Forgotten in History: Matthew Henson

African Americans Forgotten in History: Matthew Henson

Angela Witherby, Staff writer February 28, 2019

Matthew Alexander Henson is best known for his 1908 voyage in which he reached the North Pole in April of 1909. Henson participated in seven voyages to the Arctic over the course of 23 years with U.S....

BeU stands together in yellow for their Black History Month movement.

Colorful T-Shirts Unite Students During Black History Month

Catherine Cossaboom, Editor February 22, 2019

The clothes are bright, the smiles are huge, and Chamblee’s BeU (Black Excellence Understood) club members are the start of it all. Throughout Black History Month, the club is hosting a weekly event...

African Americans Forgotten in History: Claudette Colvin

African Americans Forgotten in History: Claudette Colvin

Angela Witherby, Staff writer February 19, 2019

Claudette Colvin was a pioneer in the civil rights movement of the 1950s, refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a bus months before the better known refusal of Rosa Parks. Colvin was born...

African Americans Forgotten in History: Martin Robinson Delany

African Americans Forgotten in History: Martin Robinson Delany

Angela Witherby, Staff writer February 11, 2019

Martin Robinson Delany, born in May of 1812, was the first African American field officer in the United States Army. He was a well-known abolitionist, and focused on the idea of Pan-Africanism, coining...

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