Ashanti Regional Students Representative Council

25/07/2025

This image of the Tennessee State University Tigerbelles track team at the Penn Relays with members [L-R] Willie B. White, Martha Hudson, Wilma Rudolph, and two unidentified women. Wilma Rudolph was one of the most accomplished track and field stars in history.
At the Olympic games in Rome, Italy in 1960, Rudolph won three gold medals while breaking world records in the 100, 200, and the relay. She was voted into the Black Athletes Hall of Fame in 1973 and the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1974.
This photo from the 1950s was taken by famous Philadelphia photographer John W. Mosley at the Penn Relays. The first Penn Relay Race took place on April 21, 1895.

25/07/2025

George Nash Walker was one of the greatest vaudeville comedians to break the color barrier.

21/07/2025

Yasuke, a tall African man, arrived in Japan in 1579 and made history as the first foreign-born man to become a samurai warrior. Yasuke was originally a slave from Mozambique and was brought to Japan by Portuguese traders. The powerful Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga was fascinated by Yasuke's tall stature and dark skin, and upon seeing him, ordered his servants to try and rub the "black ink" off his skin. Despite this strange encounter, Nobunaga took Yasuke into his service, granting him a sum of money, a house, and a katana. From then on, Yasuke loyally served Nobunaga as a honored samurai, fighting alongside him in fierce battles. He went from being a piece of Portuguese property to a member of the Japanese elite.

21/07/2025

Happy Birthday to Viola Davis (born August 11, 1965).
She is an actress and producer. Having won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards, she is the first black actress to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017.
According to Rotten Tomatoes and The Numbers, Davis's most commercially successful and critically acclaimed films include Traffic (2000), Doubt (2008), Law Abiding Citizen (2009), Knight and Day and Eat Pray Love (2010); The Help (2011), Su***de Squad and Fences (2016).
Throughout her career, Davis is a recipient of many films, critics and societies awards. For her stage work, she has won two Tony Awards, three Drama Desk Awards, an Obie Award and Theater World Award. She holds the distinction of becoming the first and only actress of color to win a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series and is the first African-American to win five Screen Actors Guild Awards.

She has been nominated for four Golden Globes Awards, two British Academy Film Awards winning one for each and by earning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress honor for Fences, Davis became the first black actor to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting: winning a competitive Oscar, Emmy and Tony in acting categories.
She is one of only two black actresses (the other being Octavia Spencer) to have received three Academy Award nominations.
Davis and her husband, Julius Tennon, are founders of a production company, JuVee Productions. Davis is also widely recognized for her advocacy and support of human rights a
On January 6, 2017, Davis was presented with the 2,597th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame by her Doubt co-star and friend Meryl Streep. While accepting the honor, Davis said that she could not believe her life: "It's like my life flashing before my eyes, and all I can say is, God has blessed my life in abundance."

04/07/2025

Nicky Crawford, a retired African American man from Atlanta, Georgia, is using his personal resources to make a profound impact on his city’s local homeless population, ensuring they have access to basic necessities. With the help of a student-led engineering team from Georgia Tech, he has turned a school bus into a fully operational mobile laundry service for those living on the streets.
Crawford’s mission extends beyond laundry and showers. He has built a community centered around meeting people’s immediate needs, offering services like haircuts, health checks, and hot meals.

28/06/2025

Audrey Maame Esi Swatson achieved her dream of becoming a commercial pilot at just 21 years old, now flying as a first officer with Passion Air in Ghana. As the CEO of Excel Aviation, she’s empowering young women to pursue careers in aviation, showing that with determination and support, the sky is not the limit. Audrey’s journey from her first solo flight at 19 to her role as an industry trailblazer is an inspiration to many.

26/06/2025

The Greatest High School Basketball Team Ever
The Dunbar Poets are considered by many to be the greatest high school basketball team of all time. The team's 1981–82 season ended with a 29–0 record, and the 1982–83 season ended with a 31–0 record and a national ranking of first by USA Today.
The team included:
• Muggsy Bogues: The shortest player in NBA history, Bogues was the team's MVP as a senior.
• Reggie Williams: The National High School Player of the Year, Williams went on to play in the NBA.
• Reggie Lewis: A future NBA All-Star, Lewis came off the bench for the team.
• David Wingate: A defensive presence in college and the NBA.
• Gary Graham (UNLV), Tim Dawson (Miami), Keith James (UNLV), Darryl Woods (Virginia Union), Jerry White
Coach Bob Wade, a former NFL player from the neighborhood, coached the team.
The team's success helped to provide a way out for poor kids from the housing projects, with the opportunity to earn a college scholarship or even play in the NBA.

11/06/2025

Tulsa’s Greenwood Disyricy boasted of countless Black-owned businesses. Why was Tulsa attacked?
The Chicago Defender reported in June 1921:
Letters had been sent to prominent men of the Race demanding that they stop extending the bounds of the district within which they were segregated. A rumor has been extant for some time to the effect that it was the desire of white industry or of private citizens to appropriate the lands which the Race had gained possession of. Since the area had become a segregated district to them, the value had increased and white speculators saw a chance for immense profits if they could only drive the inhabitants out.

11/06/2025

“I will never forget the violence of the white mob when we left our home. I still see Black men being shot, Black bodies lying in the street. I still smell smoke and see fire. I still see Black businesses being burned. I still hear airplanes flying overhead. I hear the screams. I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history but I cannot.”
– 107-year-old Viola Fletcher, survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre

02/06/2025

🚨TOP 8 GALA TROPHY TOUR 🏆

31/05/2025

The Highly Anticipated Top 8 Gala

The highly anticipated Ashanti Top 8 Gala is set to kick off on 5th June 2025 at the iconic Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi. The event is promising an electrifying display of football prowess among the region's top schools. Organized by the Ashanti Regional Students Representative Council and powered by...

28/02/2025

We Make The Nation Great and Strong 💪🏽