By Holly Edgell The Midwest Newsroom Antonio Lewis was surprised to see an email from Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey in his inbox on the morning of Jan. 8. Lewis, president of the Atlanta chapter of the Lincoln University Alumni Association, had never met Candia-Bailey, but knew she was the university’s vice president for student affairs and an […]
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Historically Black Missouri college in turmoil after suicide of administrator who alleged bullying
By Heather Hollingsworth and Summer BallentineThe Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Many students at a historically Black college in Missouri returned from Christmas break this week dressed in black, mourning the suicide of a beloved administrator who had alleged bullying and racism by the school’s White president. Known for keeping her office door […]
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A woman was hired to investigate racial harassment after a suicide. Then she encountered it herself
By Hannah SchoenbaumThe Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Black woman hired by a northern Utah school district to investigate racial harassment complaints the year after a 10-year-old Black student died by suicide says that she, too, experienced discrimination from district officials. Joscelin Thomas, a former coordinator in the Davis School District’s equal […]
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A time to act: Depression screening and preventing suicide among young Black men
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer Early in the morning of May 27, 2020, Maxie-Cole’s son, Jamal Clay was found by his sister hanging in the garage of their home in the Chicago suburb of Olympia Fields. He was 19-years old and struggled with depression. He made a previous suicide attempt seven years earlier […]