Black Trucker Union

We strive to promote unity, academic excellence & cultural awareness among our student body at Churchland High School.✊🏽 | EST. 2019 | Retweets ≠ endorsements

[Black Trucker Union @btruckeru]

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! Every day is worth celebrating black excellence. Each day, we will recognize an influential figure in this thread.

[Portsmouth Schools @PortsVASchools]

Congratulations to Chuchland High School senior and School Board Student Representative Myles Hunt for receiving the prestigious Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Leadership Award! Read the full story here: https://t.co/LwggcXfhFD @GoCHSTruckers @PPSstudentrep #PPSShines

[Black Trucker Union @btruckeru]

James W. Holley III was the first African American mayor of the City of Portsmouth. Although he was recalled, he was elected again in 2008. Holley is the city’s longest-serving mayor. He supported candidates of both parties during his tenure.

[Black Trucker Union @btruckeru]

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! Every day is worth celebrating black excellence. Each day, we will recognize an influential figure in this thread.

[Black Trucker Union @btruckeru]

L. Douglas Wilder is a chemist, lawyer, and politician. His political experience stretches across the General Assembly, Governor’s Mansion, and Richmond’s Mayor's Office. Wilder is the first African American governor in United States History.

[Churchland High School @GoCHSTruckers]

FFA week Day 5: Blue and gold day (FFA colors). 

African-American Innovator: Booker T. Whatley encouraged farmers to create membership clubs, selling memberships in exchange for fresh produce to provide steady cash flow. The model changed the way farmers sell produce. #BHM

[Churchland High School @GoCHSTruckers]

FFA week Day 3:
PJ day. 

African-American Innovator: George Washington Carver was a soil scientist who pioneered crop rotation. He recognized that cotton depleted nitrogen in the soil, so he began alternating cotton crops with other nitrogen-fixing legumes 🥜.
#BlackHistoryMonth

[Churchland High School @GoCHSTruckers]

This week, in conjunction with our Horticulture Courses and Ms. Carrington, we celebrate FFA Spirit Week and recognize an African-American Agriculture Inventor each day as part of our #BlackHistoryMonth recognition.

[Churchland High School @GoCHSTruckers]

This week’s “What’s Happening Truckers” can be found here: https://t.co/0npoE2rEx2

Highlights include: Fall sports starting; #TraditionPrideExcellence 🧡🖤; Celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth; Senior info coming this week; Nation Honor Society apps due 8am Mon. #TheLand #AlwaysReppin