A 15-year-old Detroit teenager, Eva Goodman, was handcuffed, forced into jail clothes, and detained for hours by Michigan’s 36th District Court Judge Kenneth King, sparking outrage and a lawsuit alleging violation of her Fourth Amendment rights due to racial bias and adultification of Black children.
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Black kids need you to show up for Career Day
Black and Brown professionals from a variety of backgrounds gathered at Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School’s second annual “Success Looks Like Me” event to inspire students to pursue jobs they may never have heard of, providing them with career exposure and work-based learning.
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Black teachers help keep Black boys out of special education
Black male elementary school students matched to Black teachers are less likely to be identified for special education services, underscoring the need to increase recruitment of Black male teachers to reduce the schools-to-prison pipeline.