Waukegan D60 gala kicks off Black History Month activities: ‘This is … my family’s history’

Waukegan D60 gala kicks off Black History Month activities: ‘This is … my family’s history’

Malayah Callahan is a fourth grader at Andrew Cooke Magnet Elementary School who dressed as an astronaut to help tell the story of Dr. Mae Jemison as part of Waukegan Community Unit School District 60’s Black History Month Gala. “She was the first African American female to go into space,” Malayah said. “She did a lot more.” “She did a lot for science education and health,” said Josiah Ewing, a Cooke fourth grader. “We’re telling people what Bla…