Black Activists' Afrocentric Agenda Shakes Denver Schools

By Caroline Hendrie

First came the speeches by Nation of Islam minister Jamal X, also known as Jamal Muhammad, sprinkled with references to Europeans eating each other and living in caves while Africans built the Pyramids.

Then came the meeting where a faction of black activists didn't ask for, but demanded, control of a multimillion-dollar grant so they could set up schools with an Afrocentric curriculum.

Next came a walkout by 200 mostly African-American high school students, triggering a legal battle between the district and a group of black activists whom school officials have accused of...