What this Alabama school’s Black history production looked like after a student walkout

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Jamiyah Brown showed up to school Wednesday sporting a white and pink Las Amigas Juniors T-shirt. As the president of the Tuscaloosa club, she had spent months preparing for their debut during Hillcrest High School’s Black History Month performance.

But she’d have to watch from the crowd.

The Tuscaloosa County senior, who led a walkout earlier this month to bring attention to racism at the school and alleged censorship of a Black History Month student performance, said she was frustrated with how school leaders treated her in the aftermath.

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