In eighth grade, Alexander Sanchez’s life was in turmoil. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] His grandmother had passed away after battling dementia. A buddy from his football team was shot to death at a park in Homestead. Alexander stopped caring about his grades and was hanging out in Brownsville, “getting into trouble,” he recalled. But at the urging […]
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East St. Louis woman who raised 12 children and helped feed the hungry dies at 105 | Belleville News-Democrat
A few years ago, I read slave narratives to explore the lives of black agricultural workers after the end of the Civil War. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The narratives came from the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration, a program that employed researchers from 1936 to 1938 to interview former enslaved people, producing more than […]
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Jersey City Shooting: Suspect Linked to Black Hebrew Israelite Group | The New York Times
The Black Hebrew Israelites have been labeled a hate group. The suspect wrote anti-Semitic and anti-police posts, an official said.
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Update: Mercy must honor its agreement with Jamaa Birth Village | The St. Louis American
Black women make demands regarding Mercy Birthing Center Midwifery Care
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Post Office Employee Finds 2 Missing Children in 2 Weeks During Mail Route: ‘I Love My Job!’ | People
Chyanne Thomas found a missing 15-year-old girl, who has autism, and a missing toddler in a two-week span
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3-year-old uses lemonade stand profits to buy diapers for babies in need | KMOV4
Associated Press, KMOV4 Photos: Ava’s Lemonade, Durham Rescue Mission via Facebook. Featured Image [dropcap]DURHAM[/dropcap], N.C. (AP) — A 3-year-old North Carolina girl and her mother have come up with a sweet way to help struggling mothers provide for their children. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Ava Lewis opened a lemonade stand in front of her mother’s hair salon, […]
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White Man Followed a Black Teen Into a Store and Cut His Throat Because His Rap Music Made Him Feel “Unsafe” | Slate
Elliot Hannon, Slate Source: Family of Elijah Al-Amin. Featured Image [dropcap]It[/dropcap] was in the early hours of the morning on Thursday when police say 27-year-old Michael Adams
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Manslaughter Charge Dropped Against Alabama Woman Who Was Shot While Pregnant | The New York Times
Farah Stockman, The New York Times [dropcap]Prosecutors[/dropcap] in Alabama said on Wednesday that they were dropping a manslaughter charge against a woman over the death of the fetus she was carrying when she was shot in the belly, in a case that stirred national outrage. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Likewise, Negro Spirituals and the black gospel tradition […]
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‘I’m either too black or not black enough’: One teenager’s experience | BBC News
Aries Brown, BBC News Illustration by Debie Loizou. [Reuters], Featured Image [dropcap]This[/dropcap] article was written by Aries Brown, an 18-year-old African-American student at an international school in eastern Europe. It was originally written for her school newspaper, and has been reprinted with her permission, and that of her school. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Coming here for my […]
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Candice Payne Got 30 Hotel Rooms for Homeless People in Chicago During Severe Cold Snap | The New York Times
As temperatures plunged to life-threatening lows this week, more than 100 homeless people in Chicago unexpectedly found themselves with food, fresh clothes and a place to stay after a local real estate broker intervened.
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