On Tuesday morning, Mayor Mike Duggan will be holding a press conference to announce a summer youth employment program that will be designed not merely to give kids something to do, but to help bend the arc of their future toward success.
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Meet the 3 African-American Female Scientists Who Helped Launch the Space Race
Taraji P. Henson (“Empire”) will star alongside Octavia Spencer (“The Help”) and musician Janelle Monae in a film that follows the journeys of three African-American mathematicians who worked at NASA during the space race.
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School Choice Empowers African-American Families
Angelicia Rathell knows there’s no such thing as a get-out-of-jail card in life, but the Milwaukee mom credits a local school voucher program for keeping her boys on a path toward success and away from bad choices.
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Chess’ 1st African-American Grandmaster Enters Hall of Fame
Maurice Ashley was 14 when he saw a high school friend playing chess and challenged him to a match. He lost badly, but it sparked a love affair that started him playing nearly non-stop ever since.
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Watch: The Birth of a Nation Trailer Will Make Your Hair Stand on End
Nate Parker’s depiction of America’s largest slave rebellion has us salivating for the October film release.
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Face Forward 2 Steers Young Adults Off Troubled Path
Tucked away in West Philadelphia’s Mantua section is a community center that helps youths who have gotten into trouble with the law.
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Last Man Standing: Meet the New Head of African-American Outreach for the Republican Party
Telly Lovelace wants more African-American voters to see the Republican Party as a viable option.
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City Receives $3.5 Million Grant to Reduce Incarceration Rates
Philadelphia has been awarded a competitive $3.5 million grant to fund a plan to cut its prison population by 34 percent during the next three years.
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Meet Zena Howard, The Architect Behind D.C.’s African American Museum
It wasn’t until Zena Howard saw The Brady Bunch that she knew what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. It was because of the family sitcom that, at the age of seven or eight, she discovered what an architect was.
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In the Community: Honoring Educators –1934-1969 – In Virginia Beach
Former teachers of students attending Princess Anne County Training School and later Union Kempsville High School (PACTS/UKHS) gathered Saturday, April 9 at Landstown High School in Virginia Beach for a disciplined awards ceremony on their behalf.
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