Category: KOLUMN

Woman, 23, who texted her dead father’s phone every day for four years finally gets a text back and discovers she had been sending messages to a bereaved man who lost his daughter in a car crash | Daily Mail

African American History, KINDR'D ...

An Arkansas woman who lost her father four years ago but texted his phone every day to share updates on her life, received the shock of her life when one day she got a response from a bereaved man who lost his own daughter in a car crash. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Chastity Patterson, 23, of Newport […]

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Rediscovering “The Hampton Album,” a Renowned Record of African-American History After the Civil War | Feature Shoot

African American Education, African American History ...

Credited as the first female photojournalist in the United States, Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) received a commission in 1899 to photograph the Hampton Institute, a private historically Black university located in Hampton, Virginia. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Founded in 1868, just four years after the Civil War, the Hampton Institute was dedicated to the education of African-American […]

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Once homeless, D.C. teacher overcomes odds and wins Teacher of the Year award | WJLA

African American Women, KINDR'D ...

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Lakeisha Brown has overcome many obstacles in life. This year, she was recognized as the D.C. Public Schools Teacher of the Year. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] “A girl from a small town who had a really rough upbringing could possibly win too. I didn’t count myself out,” Brown said. “It’s a moment that I […]

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The FBI Spends a Lot of Time Spying on Black Americans | The Intercept

African American Commuities, American Racism ...

THE FBI HAS come under intense criticism after a 2017 leak exposed that its counterterrorism division had invented a new, unfounded domestic terrorism category it called “black identity extremism.” Since then, legislators have pressured the bureau’s leadership to be more transparent about its investigation of black activists, and a number of civil rights groups have […]

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