Carson students inspired by Obama
Check out Paul's story that ran over the weekend about the Carson High School students who are connecting Presidential frontrunner Barack Obama with other African American trailblazers during Black History Month.
Here's an exerpt:
For Stevens and many other local black students, 2008 has been an awakening of involvement in a political system.
As members of the newest generation of post-civil-rights-era African-Americans, they're inspired by Obama's hopeful optimism.
Sheryl Harris, a math teacher and adviser to Carson High's Black Student Union, said she has noticed her students' heightened engagement in politics.
"It's the same as Tiger Woods winning his first Masters (Golf Tournament)," Harris said. "It opened up that door to a lot of students thinking maybe it might be me."