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A teen who spent 10 hours cleaning up after a protest is rewarded with a car and a college scholarship | CNN

June 8, 2020June 9, 2020Community

By Gabriel Kinder, CNN (CNN)When Antonio Gwynn Jr. saw the damage from protests in his hometown of Buffalo, New York, he grabbed a broom, bought some trash bags and started cleaning the streets by himself. He started at 2 a.m. on Monday and did not stop cleaning for the next 10 hours. When an organized […]

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 […]

East St. Louis woman who raised 12 children and helped feed the hungry dies at 105 | Belleville News-Democrat

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020KOLUMN Magazine

A few years ago, I read slave narratives to explore the lives of black agricultural workers after the end of the Civil War. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] The narratives came from the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration, a program that employed researchers from 1936 to 1938 to interview former enslaved people, producing more than […]

Jersey City Shooting: Suspect Linked to Black Hebrew Israelite Group | The New York Times

December 12, 2019December 12, 2019Black Hebrew Israelites

The Black Hebrew Israelites have been labeled a hate group. The suspect wrote anti-Semitic and anti-police posts, an official said.

Update: Mercy must honor its agreement with Jamaa Birth Village | The St. Louis American

December 11, 2019December 12, 2019African American Commuities

Black women make demands regarding Mercy Birthing Center Midwifery Care

#RIPMedicalDebt: Church Leaders Join Forces To Clear Millions In Debt For Nearly 6,000 Chicagoans | Essence

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019African American Health, KINDR'D ...

Church leaders urged parishioners to bring the money from the bottom of their purses or coin jars. By September, they had raised the money needed to buy the medical debt for pennies on the dollar.

Post Office Employee Finds 2 Missing Children in 2 Weeks During Mail Route: ‘I Love My Job!’ | People

October 10, 2019March 30, 2020African American Commuities, KINDR'D ...

Chyanne Thomas found a missing 15-year-old girl, who has autism, and a missing toddler in a two-week span

3-year-old uses lemonade stand profits to buy diapers for babies in need | KMOV4

August 14, 2019August 14, 2019African American Commuities, KINDR'D ...

Associated Press, KMOV4 Photos: Ava’s Lemonade, Durham Rescue Mission via Facebook. Featured Image [dropcap]DURHAM[/dropcap], N.C. (AP) — A 3-year-old North Carolina girl and her mother have come up with a sweet way to help struggling mothers provide for their children. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Ava Lewis opened a lemonade stand in front of her mother’s hair salon, […]

White Man Followed a Black Teen Into a Store and Cut His Throat Because His Rap Music Made Him Feel “Unsafe” | Slate

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019African American Commuities, KINDR'D ...

Elliot Hannon, Slate Source: Family of Elijah Al-Amin. Featured Image [dropcap]It[/dropcap] was in the early hours of the morning on Thursday when police say 27-year-old Michael Adams

When ‘Black Lives Matter’ Is Invoked in the Abortion Debate | The New York Times

July 9, 2019July 9, 2019Abortion, KINDR'D ...

John Eligon, The New York Times From left, the Rev. Clinton Stancil, the pastor of Wayman A.M.E. Church in St. Louis; Kawanna Shannon, director of surgical services at the Planned Parenthood Clinic in St. Louis; and the Rev. Michael Jones, the pastor of Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis. Credit Alyssa Schukar for […]