Marian Howe-Taylor grew up in Boston, and raised in a family that was active in the Black civil rights movement, starting in the early 1960’s. With a highly educated father and mother, who ran in circles with Rev. Dr. Virgil Wood -- a colleague and member of the Southern Christian Leadership Counsel with Martin Luther King -- Marian marched, protested, and was taught at a young age how to engage in nonviolent social change.  As an adult, Marian is an educator, an avid public speaker, a community leader, and the co-creator of Black Social Change Utah. 

In the following three modules, students will learn how Marian uses storytelling, film, and poetry in her activism.  Her stories of Black heroes round out our history books. With love and humor, she finds allies, and starts important conversations in her effort to build a “beloved community”– one that is civil, equitable, and harmonious.