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Meet Jasmine Jefferson, founder of Black Girls With Gardens | Garden Center Magazine

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020African American Commuities

By Julianne Mobilian, Garden Center Magazine There are ways white and non-Black POC members of the horticulture field can show their support when it comes to diversifying green spaces. One of the ways they can do this is by supporting and buying from Black business owners. Gain new insight and a fresh perspective from Jasmine […]

Want to Support Black Women? Here are 6 Organizations Where You Can Donate | PureWow

June 7, 2020June 9, 2020African American Commuities

If you’re looking for a way to support Black women, there are a number of organizations with that specific goal in mind. So why not consider making a donation? Here are six organizations to help you get started. 1. Black Mamas Matter Alliance Black Mamas Matter Alliance advocates for research and policy changes in order to advance […]

Coach Who Disarmed Student with Shotgun Then Hugged Him Earns Congressional Medal of Honor Award | People

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020African American Commuities

Keanon Lowe was one of six individuals selected to receive the Citizen Honor Award by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society Coach Keanon Lowe is set to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor’s civilian award nearly a year after his heroic efforts to stop a distraught student from using a shotgun at an Oregon high school, announced […]

Black Boys Don’t Need More Discipline, They Need Mentors | Education Post

March 3, 2020March 3, 2020African American Commuities, African American Education

Black children’s pain is often criminalized or punished rather than treated. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] When I first met Chris, he was quiet—I could tell he was trying to figure out who I was, and who I could be in his life. The stories I heard about Chris did not align with the boy in front of […]

Saginaw mother and daughter start public transport business | MLive

February 6, 2020February 6, 2020African American Commuities, African American Entrepreneurs

Magical realism meets real life in the acclaimed journalist’s debut novel about American slaves escaping to the north [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] A former national correspondent for the Atlantic magazine, Ta-Nehisi Coates is among the most revered and widely read intellectuals in the US. His bleak but scintillating book about race, We Were Eight Years in Power […]

A goal to ‘dismantle bigotry and racism.’ Miami’s 5000 Role Models honors top students | Miami Herald

February 1, 2020February 1, 2020African American Commuities

In eighth grade, Alexander Sanchez’s life was in turmoil. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] His grandmother had passed away after battling dementia. A buddy from his football team was shot to death at a park in Homestead. Alexander stopped caring about his grades and was hanging out in Brownsville, “getting into trouble,” he recalled. But at the urging […]

White people assume niceness is the answer to racial inequality. It’s not | The Guardian

January 1, 2020January 1, 2020African American Commuities, Race ...

“While most of us see ourselves as ‘not racist’, we continue to reproduce racist outcomes and live segregated lives.” [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] I am white. As an academic, consultant and writer on white racial identity and race relations, I speak daily with other white people about the meaning of race in our lives. These conversations are […]

After the Eviction Notice | The New York Times

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019African American Commuities, African American Families ...

In North Charleston, S.C., a struggling family pulls together for the bitter experience of moving out. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Shanatea Turner’s landlord filed eviction papers against her in mid-November. By early December, the pile of belongings she had no choice but to throw out was starting to grow on the curb. And the family she had […]

When Oakland Was a ‘Chocolate City’: A Brief History of Festival at the Lake | KQED

December 27, 2019December 27, 2019African American Commuities, African American History

Lake Merritt, the man-made lake at the center of Oakland, has been called the city’s beating heart. It is more than a body of water — it is where people gather to celebrate and protest, to party and to mourn. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] After the election of President Trump, the lake is where liberal Oaklanders showed […]

Fort Worth police officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson indicted on murder charge | NBC News

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019African American Commuities, Criminal Justice ...

The case against Aaron Dean, 35, led to a rare murder charge against a police officer when he was initially arrested just days after the October shooting. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] A Texas grand jury on Friday indicted a former Fort Worth police officer for murder after he fatally shot a woman who had been babysitting her […]