By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia In the 1800s, many states in the Union adopted laws that prohibited teaching African American slaves how to read and write. Thirty lashes or even death would be the punishment for blacks who learned to read or write. Whites who taught blacks would incur fines or […]
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Priorities For Black Agenda
By Oseye Boyd, Black Press USA I had the opportunity to witness a significant event for the Black community of Indianapolis. Many of the city’s residents took time out of their busy schedules and came to Galilee Missionary Baptist Church to give their input on priority areas of focus for local government. Let’s be clear right […]
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Rededicated Emmett Till Memorial Is Now Bulletproof
By Keka Araujo A memorial has been rededicated to Emmett Till just outside of Glendora, Miss. The new marker was dedicated Saturday to the slain 14-year-old Black teen from Chicago. His tragic and brutal murder jump-started the civil rights movement more than six decades ago. In 1955, Till was visiting family in the small Mississippi […]
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Mother Fights for Police Body-Cam Footage of Son’s Death
By Sam P. K. Collins More than a year after her son died in a police-involved shooting, Kenithia Alston said she still has questions about that fateful evening that the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has not been willing to answer. In August, after what would’ve been Marqueese Alston’s 24th birthday, the Alston matriarch’s focus has […]
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WENDY’S WINDOW: Black Women For Positive Change
By Wendy Gladney Black Women for Positive Change (BW4PC) is a national policy-focused network of predominately African American women and “Good Brothers” from various states here in the U.S. Its primary goals are to positively contribute to ideas and methods that can strengthen and expand the American Middle/Working class, with an emphasis on the African […]
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Kevin Hart Finally Makes Statement Regarding Devastating Car Crash
By Terry Shropshire Superstar comedic actor Kevin Hart has finally broken his silence about the horrific car crash in suburban Los Angeles that nearly claimed his life. The 40-year-old father of three was in the passenger seat of his classic 1970 Plymouth muscle car – without proper safety restraints – when it careened off an […]
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‘Me Too’ Founder Gets Harvard Kennedy School’s Gleitsman Award
By Orlando Advocate Tarana Burke, civil rights activist and founder of the global ‘me too.’ movement for survivors of sexual assault, has been chosen as this year’s recipient of Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership Gleitsman Award. The annual award honors Burke for her leadership of the global fight for survivor justice and her […]
Posted inBaltimore News, HBCU, Maryland Government, NEWS, Prince George's County News
Md. Governor Offers Final Settlement to State’s HBCUs
By WI Web Staff via BlackPressUSA.com To the ire of his state’s lawmakers, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has offered a final proposal of $200 million to settle a 13-year-old lawsuit over inequitable funding of the state’s four historically black colleges and universities — less than half of the sought amount. Hogan’s administration made the […]
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Kirwan Group to Propose Funding Formulas for Md. Schools Next Month
By William J. Ford via BlackPressUSA.com ANNAPOLIS — The chair of a group commissioned to provide policy and funding recommendations for Maryland’s public education system announced Thursday that a final decision on its funding formulas would be made by Oct. 15. William E. “Brit” Kirwan, former University of System Maryland chancellor and chair of the […]
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PRESS ROOM: SunTrust Foundation Awards $2.7 Million in Grants to Winners of the 2019 Lighting the Way Awards
By The Atlanta Tribune via BlackPressUSA.com The SunTrust Foundation announced the winners of the 2019 Lighting the Way Awards, giving a total of $2.7 million in grants to 36 nonprofit organizations across the South and Midwest, including four in Atlanta. The awards support the work of the organizations to build self-sufficient families and more financially […]
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Nigerian Activist Hafsat Abiola Selected as Honoree for National Civil Rights Museum’s Prestigious Freedom Award
By Globe Newswire Hafsat Abiola is one of three honorees selected for the National Civil Rights Museum’s 28th Annual Freedom Award to be held on Oct. 30. Honorees are selected for their many achievements and contributions on a national and global scale in the name of equality, social justice and freedom for all. Other 2019 […]
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Homeless Atlanta Honor Student Goes to Yale
By ADW News Atlanta native Chelesa Fearce is living proof that you can rise above your circumstances and overcome the odds. Despite battling homelessness throughout her high school years, she went on to be named valedictorian of her class, graduated from Spelman College and is now a student at Yale University, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Chelesa Fearce was homeless in high […]