Ernest Crim III is an Anti-Racist Educator and hate crime survivor who uses (Black) historical narratives to empower and educate families and train educators through an equitable lens. Mr. Crim, a south side of Chicago native and University of Illinois graduate, is a former high school history educator of 12 years, who now advocates for social justice issues and teaches Black History to the world through social media with a platform that reaches over 2 million people monthly. Additionally, he is the CEO of Crim’s Cultural Consulting LLC, an international speaker, an author of two bestsellers (‘Black History Saved My Life’ and ‘The ABCS of Affirming Black Children’) and a passionate progressive education activist, who has been featured on CNN, ABC, WGN, PBS, CBS, NBC & Newsweek, amongst various other outlets. 

What You Will Hear:

Attending HBCUsThe importance of communityTeaching and historyBlack culture and cultural genocideBlack on black crime phenomenonNutritional options in black communities


Quotes:

“As black folks we have to have community to exist and to thrive and oftentimes in a majority white or mixed environment we might not be able to fully find that .”

“That was the process of enslavement, to disconnect us with who we naturally are and who we really are.”

“The engine of our group oppression is always cultural genocide,” - Asa Hilliard

“We are community first, family first, spirituality first, and all things flow from that.”

“Whoever controls your kitchen, controls your revolution.” - Elijah Muhammad


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