“I thought, God brought me this far. He’ll see me the rest of the way.”
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‘My heart, it’s never been fuller’: All black team wins D.C. Little League title | The Washington Post
They started with 120 kids in 2015. This year, 310 registered.
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How to Fight Police Violence, Pollution, and Poverty, at the Same Time | City Lab
Summer Lee is the first black woman elected to represent the Pittsburgh region in the state legislature. And she wants to set the record straight on the confluence of factors eating her constituents alive.
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Possible key to black boys’ academic success: Hire black men as elementary school teachers | Chicago Tribune
Nationwide, 2 percent of public school teachers are African-American males
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He Was ‘Socializing’ With a White Woman—Then Ended Up Dead | Daily Beast
In 1983, Timothy Coggins was found dead and disfigured after being dragged behind a truck and fatally stabbed more than 30 times. One of his accused killers was convicted Tuesday.
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Obama Doesn’t Owe This Country Sh*t | The Root
Barack Obama is not your Magical Negro. I know y’all want him to be, but you have to give the man a break. He just got out of one of the most abusive eight-year relationships imaginable. I’m sure he needs some time to decompress.
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DC Sniper Gets New Hearing | AFRO
A sniper serving life in prison for terrorizing the Washington, D.C., region as a teenager must get new sentencing hearings in Virginia, a federal appeals court ruled June 21.
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Police Killings Have Harmed Mental Health in Black Communities, Study Finds | The New York Times
Activists for racial justice have long expressed concern that the rash of headline-grabbing police killings of black Americans was damaging the mental well-being of African-American communities.
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They Started School Afraid of the Water. Now They Are Saving Lives. | The New York Times
Equipped with its own working swimming pool, a rare commodity today in New York City public high schools, Grover Cleveland offers lifeguarding classes that lead to Red Cross certification.
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Low-income black fathers want to be good dads. The system won’t let them | The Guardian
Working with low-income black fathers in Chicago, I have long seen how counterproductive policies punish them for trying.
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