The essays for WJZ’s 2023 Black History Oratory Competition are in, and the Top 20 Finalists have been selected!
The annual competition invites Maryland students in grades 9 through 12 to write an original essay of 500 words based on a prompt provided to them.
This year, participants were asked to choose one quote from the three listed below and explain in detail what it means to them:
- “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” – George Washington Carver
- “Don’t sit down and wait for opportunities to come…Get up and make them!” – Madam C. J. Walker
- “Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen.” – Charles W. Chesnutt
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