George Kevin Jordan, AFRO Wesley Bell laughs during his speech after being sworn in as St. Louis County Prosecutor during a New Year’s Eve celebration on Tuesday, Jan. 01, 2019 in St. Louis, Mo. Between jokes Bell took a serious note, stating there is a lot of work that needs to be done. Photo by […]
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Baltimore trying to stem decades-long disappearing act | The Philadelphia Tribune
The sounds of late-night interlopers stomping down the stairs of a musty wreck next door; a constant fear of fire set by vandals; the social isolation; the rats. With no faith in a prompt police response, they keep a bat at the ready.
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Bell fires veteran St. Louis County prosecutor who presented grand jury evidence in Michael Brown case | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
CLAYTON: On his second day in office, St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell fired the veteran assistant prosecutor Kathi Alizadeh, who was primarily responsible for presenting evidence to the grand jury that declined to indict a Ferguson police officer in the 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown.
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Letitia James, the 67th New York State Attorney General, is also the first woman to ever hold this particular state-wide office. | Essence
Breanna Edwards, Essence THE BROOKLYN BOROUGH OF NEW YORK CITY, NY – DECEMBER 01: NYC Public Advocate Letitia James speaks on stage at World AIDS Day 2017 at Kings Theatre on December 1, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for Housing Works, Inc. ). Featured […]
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Barry Jenkins and Kahlil Joseph Reimagine Roy DeCarava’s Admiring Vision of Harlem | Hyperallergic
Director Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk and video artist Kahlil Joseph’s “Fly Paper” transmute the aesthetics and storytelling of photographer Roy DeCarava’s 1950s portraits of Harlem.
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Portraits From a Caravan | The New York Times
A look at some of the people hoping to get into the United States.
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Walmart heirs promote charter schools in Black community | The Philadelphia Tribune
Sally Ho, The Philadelphia Tribune [dropcap]Amid[/dropcap] fierce debate over whether charter schools are good for Black students, the heirs to the Walmart company fortune have been working to make inroads with advocates and influential leaders in the Black community. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The Walton family, as the leading supporter of America’s charter school movement, is spreading […]
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Black Girl Magic Indeed: Letitia Wright is Crowned 2018’s Queen of the Box Office | The Root
Letitia Wright did the damn thing this year.
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DMC, March of Dimes and the Detroit Health Department Address Premature Birth Report Card | Michigan Chronicle
Patreice A. Massey , Michigan Chronicle [dropcap]Experts[/dropcap] from the Detroit Medical Center, Wayne County Health Department and the March of Dimes gathered on Thursday, Nov. 1, at Hutzel Women’s Hospital to address the serious issue regarding the preponderance of premature births in the city. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] According to the 2018 Premature Birth Report Card from […]
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Watch Night Service in the Black Church in America: 150 Years After the Emancipation Proclamation | Huffpost
“Watch Night Service” in the Black Church in America symbolizes the historical fact, that on the night of Dec. 31, 1862 during the Civil War, free and freed blacks living in the Union States gathered at churches and/or other safe spaces, while thousands of their enslaved black sisters and brothers stood, knelt and prayed on plantations and other slave holding sites in America — waiting for President Abraham Lincoln to sign the Emancipation Proclamation into law.
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