In Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Grammy-winning musician John Legend announced the second cohort of participants in Unlocked Futures, a 14-month accelerator program for social entrepreneurs who have been incarcerated and urged business leaders to be more inclusive of job applicants with criminal backgrounds. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Unlocked Futures launched in 2017 as a partnership between the […]
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Waves Trailer #2: An Epic Emotional Journey Through the Darkest of Times | Movie Web
In Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Grammy-winning musician John Legend announced the second cohort of participants in Unlocked Futures, a 14-month accelerator program for social entrepreneurs who have been incarcerated and urged business leaders to be more inclusive of job applicants with criminal backgrounds. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Unlocked Futures launched in 2017 as a partnership between the […]
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Woman, 23, who texted her dead father’s phone every day for four years finally gets a text back and discovers she had been sending messages to a bereaved man who lost his daughter in a car crash | Daily Mail
An Arkansas woman who lost her father four years ago but texted his phone every day to share updates on her life, received the shock of her life when one day she got a response from a bereaved man who lost his own daughter in a car crash. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Chastity Patterson, 23, of Newport […]
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Rediscovering “The Hampton Album,” a Renowned Record of African-American History After the Civil War | Feature Shoot
Credited as the first female photojournalist in the United States, Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) received a commission in 1899 to photograph the Hampton Institute, a private historically Black university located in Hampton, Virginia. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Founded in 1868, just four years after the Civil War, the Hampton Institute was dedicated to the education of African-American […]
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NYC Monument Will Honor African-American Family Displaced to Make Way for Central Park | Smithsonian.com
But the project has drawn criticism, particularly because the monument will stand some 20 blocks north of Seneca Village’s historic location
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Watch: The 1619 Project, Live at the Smithsonian | The New York Times Magazine
Please join us online today for a conversation about how history is defined — and redefined — featuring historians, journalists and policymakers.
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Who Gave You the Right to Tell That Story? | Vulture
Ten authors on the most divisive question in fiction, and the times they wrote outside their own identities.
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Once homeless, D.C. teacher overcomes odds and wins Teacher of the Year award | WJLA
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Lakeisha Brown has overcome many obstacles in life. This year, she was recognized as the D.C. Public Schools Teacher of the Year. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “A girl from a small town who had a really rough upbringing could possibly win too. I didn’t count myself out,” Brown said. “It’s a moment that I […]
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The FBI Spends a Lot of Time Spying on Black Americans | The Intercept
THE FBI HAS come under intense criticism after a 2017 leak exposed that its counterterrorism division had invented a new, unfounded domestic terrorism category it called “black identity extremism.” Since then, legislators have pressured the bureau’s leadership to be more transparent about its investigation of black activists, and a number of civil rights groups have […]
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Ta-Nehisi Coates pulls few punches at Raleigh “Color of Education” summit | NC Policy Watch
Acclaimed author draws parallels between slavery and sexual violence
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