African American Families - KOLUMN Magazine

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Hidden Figure | VUMC Voice

September 6, 2017September 6, 2017African American Education, African American Families ...

In 1964, with little fanfare, Harold Jordan, M.D., became the first African-American resident physician at Vanderbilt. Looking back to that time, he recalls the support of his colleagues and the challenges he faced.

This black doctor faced down an angry white mob storming his house — and was acquitted of murder | Timeline

September 1, 2017November 17, 2019African American Families, African American History ...

Ossian Sweet defended his family, and was arrested for it

Brittany Lewis crowned 2017 Miss Black America | The Philadelphia Tribune

August 31, 2017August 31, 2017African American Entrepreneurs, African American Families ...

Venice Island Theatre hosted to the 49th Miss Black America Pageant on Saturday, August 26, 2017. The 2016 winner Nicole Lyn Hibbert crowned the new queen Brittany Lewis.

In 1965, the city of Charlottesville demolished a thriving black neighborhood | Timeline

August 25, 2017August 25, 2017African American Commuities, African American Families ...

The razing of Vinegar Hill displaced families and dissolved the community.

Black and Missing Foundation honored as national ‘change agents’ | WUSA 9

August 23, 2017August 23, 2017African American Families, KOLUMN ...

For nearly 10 years, the Black and Missing foundation has been raising awareness about men and women of color who are missing.

A Lost Mother & Daughter | The Washington Post (2014)

August 23, 2017August 23, 2017African American Commuities, African American Families ...

In the case of missing 8-year-old Relisha Rudd, emotional scars transcend generations.

Dick Gregory, 84, Dies; Found Humor in the Civil Rights Struggle – The New York Times

August 20, 2017August 20, 2017African American Commuities, African American Families ...

“You know the definition of a Southern moderate? That’s a cat that’ll lynch you from a low tree.”

African-American Day Parade set for Sept. 17 | New York Amsterdam News

August 15, 2017August 16, 2017African American Culture, African American Families ...

Dubbed as the “Largest Black Parade in America,” the 48th Annual African-American Day Parade is set to take place Sunday, Sept. 17, at 1 p.m. in Harlem.

Discounting Black Children: How the Racially Skewed Economics of Adoption Devalue Black Lives | Atlanta Black Star

August 10, 2017August 10, 2017Adoption, African American Families ...

It’s a menu unlike any other. Or, paradoxically, it’s a menu too much like any other, where economics determines the value of the listed commodities.

Ben Carson is no hometown hero for Detroit’s struggling families | The Guardian

August 4, 2017August 4, 2017African American Commuities, African American Economics ...

The housing secretary has not pushed back against the vast cuts to his department that will leave countless people out in the cold.