This post was originally published on Word In Black by Eleanor Holmes Norton Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a historic nominee for the United States Supreme Court, except in one respect. […]
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Women Who Win: How the women publishers of Word in Black keep the Black press going
By Alexis Taylor, AFRO News Editor Sonceria “Sonny” Messiah -Jiles had a deal to break. While some young women set their sights on money or marriage, Messiah-Jiles had made up […]
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#WordinBlack: Black single mothers can do it alone, but why should they have to when resources are all around?
By Sherri Kolade Black single mothers can do it alone, but why should they have to when resources are all around? “Our issues often get pushed to the back burner […]
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#WordinBlack: Black refugees have harder time fleeing Ukraine
By Isaiah Peters and Dawn Suggs, Word in Black Ukraine continues its heroic homeland defense against Russia’s accelerating invasion to purportedly ‘rid the state of Nazis.’ More than 1.3 million […]
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#WordinBlack: Black men are missing from school psychology-that matters
By Maya Pottiger, Word in Black Spend some time online and it might start to seem like everyone talks to a psychologist or therapist, especially with the new surge of […]
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#WordinBlack: Memorials to lynching victims challenge who writes nation’s history
By Madison Peek, The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism James White looked at the barren ground in Elaine, Arkansas, where a memorial tree dedicated to hundreds of Black lynching victims […]
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How the Black press tells the truth mainstream media have only begun to acknowledge
By Liz Dwyer, managing director of Word In Black When I talk to the 10 publishers that are a part of Word In Black, I often find myself thinking about how […]
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#WordinBlack: Money Matters: Ways parents can teach financial literacy at home
By Alexis Taylor, Special to the AFRO While the pandemic has significantly disrupted math and reading classes across the country for two years, millions of students have also missed out […]
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#WordinBlack: HBCU Strong: Bomb Threats Will Not Deter Us
by Dr. David K. Wilson When I reflect on the spate of bomb threats made to HBCU campuses over the last few weeks, I am reminded of an old Negro […]
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#WordinBlack: HBCUs Responses To The Omicron Variant
By Maya Pottinger The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has hit society like a ton of bricks this winter and HBCUs are no exception. Howard University pushed back the start […]
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#WordinBlack: School, COVID-19 and the Omicron Variant
By Mylika ScatliffeAFRO Women’s Health Writer Dealing with COVID -19 has become a way of life. Two years into this pandemic and it still touches nearly all aspects of our […]
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#WordinBlack: Baltimore community members distressed at school closings
By Deborah BaileySpecial to the AFRO Declining enrollment, failing building conditions and the two-year running COVID-19 crisis collided to create the perfect storm as Baltimore City School Board members made […]