In this Sunday, June 2, 2019, file photo, Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, left, greets parishioners following Mass at St. Augustine Church in Washington. Pope Francis has named 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red cap. In a surprise announcement […]
Author Archives: David Crary
AP National Writer
Posted inNEWS
Black Catholics’ History: Will US Catholic Schools Teach It?
By David Crary, AP National Writer The history of Black Catholics in the U.S. is a dramatic mix of struggles and breakthroughs, but it has been largely ignored in the curriculum of Catholic schools. That may soon change. Amid the national tumult over racial injustice, there are high-level calls for the schools to teach more about […]
Posted inNational News
Boy Scouts: Top leaders Didn’t Call Trump to Praise Speech
NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts are denying a claim by President Donald Trump that the head of the youth organization called the president to praise his politically aggressive speech to the Scouts’ national jamboree. Trump told The Wall Street Journal, “I got a call from the head of the Boy Scouts saying it […]
Posted inHealth
Many Challenges Face Ex-Inmates Living with HIV
Melissa Carter, center, chats with her son William, 13, before joining her fiance Addullah Salahuddin, right, at the computer to prepare they wedding music playlist in New York. Carter, an ex-offender who was diagnosed with HIV in 1994, met Salahuddin while both were in separate ex-offender program at Fortune Society. Her success made it possible […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
“A National Crisis” Facing Black Children
NEW YORK (AP) — In every region of America, White and Asian children are far better positioned for success than Black, Latino and American Indian children, according to a new report appealing for urgent action to bridge this racial gap. Titled “Race for Results,” the report is being released Tuesday by the Annie E. Casey […]
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For Kids of Bankrupt Detroit, Challenges Abound
DETROIT (AP) — In a city scarred by broken promises, the Moore brothers, James and Robert, and fellow student Chelsea Inyard are among the lucky ones. The teenagers attend one of Detroit’s most promising new public schools. Set in the medical district of the city’s Midtown neighborhood, Dr. Benjamin Carson High School of Science and […]
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Blacks, Women, Now Gays: Military to Adjust Again
NEW YORK (AP) — Two decades after integration of the U.S. military, race riots flared on Navy warships in the Vietnam era. Long after servicewomen were officially placed on an equal footing with men, sexual harassment is still pervasive. Now the military has a new social challenge: Allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in […]