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Black and Missing Foundation shines spotlight on missing persons and their families
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The case of Tamika Huston, a 24-year-old Black woman who went missing from her Spartanburg, South
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Facebook, Twitter dismantle Russian trolling campaign targeting African Americans
(The Hill via Defender News Service) — Facebook and Twitter on late last week announced they have dismantled a Russia-backed online interference campaign targeting African
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By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writing (NNPA Newswire) The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Work-ers of America (UAW) is one of the largest and most diverse unions ... AT&T celebrates Black History Month with ‘Future Makers’ fireside chat series
By Emeka Dibia Contributing Writer On February 27, at the corner of St. Charles Ave. and Martin Luther King Boulevard, just days after parades rolled by, a crowd of spectators gathered inside ... New doc exposes unfair treatment of Black girls in US schools
(Forbes via Defender News Service) — A new documentary, “PUSHOUT: the Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools,” debuting on PBS March 16, exposes the alarming numbers of African-American girls facing ... Wharton School names Black woman dean
(BlackmansStreet.Today) — Erika H. James, dean of the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, has been named dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Her term begins ... Fate of historic Ebony, Jet archive to be determined by advisory group
(NBC via Defender News Service) — Images from Muhammad Ali in action to Eartha Kitt reading by the pool could soon be available to the public as the fate of ... Six points about Coronavirus and poverty in the US
By Bill Quigley Guest Contributor In the United States, tens of millions of people are at a much greater risk of getting sick from the coronavirus than others. The most ... How the last presidential election changed rural organizing in the South
By Olivia Paschal Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — There’s been an organizing surge across the rural South since Donald Trump decisively won the region in the 2016 presidential election. Several ... Despite FUTURE Act, HBCUs still ‘woefully underfunded,’ according to UNCF president
(Diverse Education via Defender News Service) — One could argue it’s been a victorious year for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The FUTURE Act – legislation sustaining federal funding ...
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