Royston Maxwell Lyttle, the principal for grades 1-3 at the Eagle Academy Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., says that boys and young men benefit from strong, Black male teachers who lead by example. (Eagle Academy Public Charter School)

Royston Maxwell Lyttle, the principal for grades 1-3 at the Eagle Academy Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., says that boys and young men benefit from strong, Black male teachers who lead by example. (Eagle Academy Public Charter School)