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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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