Dr. Leah Austin will join the National Black Child Development Institute as its president and CEO on August 2, 2021. (Courtesy photo) It’s a New Day at NBCDI! In support of its 50th Anniversary’s #50Forward strategy, the National Black Child Development Institute, Inc. (NBCDI) today announced Dr. Leah Austin as its new President & CEO. […]
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Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US
Arlena Brown, center, holds her youngest child, Lucy, 9 months, as she leads their other children, from left, Jacoby, 11; Felicity, 9, and Riley, 10, through math practice at their home in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Arlena worked as a preschool teacher before the pandemic. “In the beginning, the biggest challenge was to […]
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WETATi hosts business pitch competition for D.M.V. students
This year’s participants in the pitch competition have been working with coaches for weeks to perfect their business plans, and at the convention they will network with potential employers and investors. (Courtesy photo) By Megan Sayles AFRO Business Writer Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com We’re Empowered to Achieve The impossible (WETATi), an organization that […]
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Novartis, HBCUs collaborate on fight against health disparities
As part of its collaboration with HBCUS, the Novartis US Foundation will provide three-year scholarships of $10,000 for 360 students at HBCUs and medical schools to increase diversity in the medical ranks. (Courtesy Photo) By AFRO Staff Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis and its U.S.-based foundation recently announced a 10-year collaboration with Coursera, the National Medical […]
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Study finds some connection between heavy relaxer use and cancer
A new study published in the July edition of Carcinogenesis posits a plausible link between the heavy use of lye-based hair relaxers or straighteners and the incidence of cancer among African-American women. (Courtesy photo) By AFRO Staff A new study published in the July edition of Carcinogenesis posits a plausible link between the heavy use […]
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Official: 1960s civil rights activist Robert Moses has died
In this July 19, 2000 file photo, Robert “Bob” Moses, a veteran civil rights activist and founder of the Algebra Project, a math literacy program in Mississippi, speaks in Jackson, Miss. Moses, a civil rights activist who endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and […]
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‘Mother’ Viola Fletcher Among 200 Black Wall Street Survivors Headed to Ghana
Viola Fletcher – affectionately known as Mother Fletcher – appeared on the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s morning breaking news program, “Let It Be Known,” on Monday, July 19, 2021. (Photo courtesy of BlackPress USA) By Stacy Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent NNPA NEWSWIRE — Mother Fletcher, who at 107-years old, witnessed most of the […]
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Prosecutors air more claims in R. Kelly case; 1 involves boy
In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. Federal prosecutors in New York on Friday, July 23, 2021, asked a judge for permission to admit what they said was evidence for which Kelly has not been charged, at his upcoming sex-trafficking trial in […]
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#WordInBlack: Delta Variant Driving Explosion of New COVID-19 Cases
The pandemic is not over, and one expert advises that mask mandates be reintroduced. (Photograph by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash) This post was originally published on The Washington Informer Covid-19 deaths in predominately white communities have continued to rise at dramatic rates, providing a glimpse into just how bad the pandemic remains in African American neighborhoods. “We […]
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#WordInBlack: The Other Pandemic: Gun Violence and the Death of Black Children
Children hold hands in prayer during a ceremony to remember Sherdavia Jenkins, who died at age nine when she was caught in the crossfire of a gunfight outside of her home ten years ago, July 1, 2016, in Miami. The ceremony paid tribute to all children lost to gun violence in South Florida. (AP Photo/Lynne […]
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Olympics & the NFL: Games turn from contests to justice conversations
Above: Extending gloved hands skyward in racial protest, U.S. athletes Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos stare downward during the playing of the national anthem after Smith received the gold and Carlos the bronze for the 200 meter run at the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City on. Australian silver medalist Peter Norman is at […]
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Venus Williams fought for equal pay for women in tennis
Venus Williams of the US arrives on court for the women’s singles second round match against Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur on day three of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) By Micha Green D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com While African-American women nationwide are said to make 63 cents for […]
