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Professor Eddie Glaude's top 5 books to contextualize the US uprisings : TheGrio
I recently interviewed Professor Eddie Glaude, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University for theGrio on Instagram Live. As we discussed his new book Begin Again: James Baldwins America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, I was
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Atlanta Entrepreneur, Clark Atlanta University Launch Scholarship Fund For Rayshard Brooks’ Children
Atlanta entrepreneur Aisha “Pinky” Cole teamed up with Clark Atlanta University to create a scholarship fund for Rayshard Brooks’ children.
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Bowser Delays School Reopening Decision Until July 31
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, in a surprise move Thursday, delayed the decision on how the District's public school system will start the 2020-2021 academic year until July 31.
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Rufus King seniors earn full rides to Notre Dame, including QuestBridge match
Congratulations to Rufus King International School seniors Jordan Anderson, who will attend the University of Notre Dame as a Quest- Bridge scholar, and David Akinsanya, also heading for Notre Dame on a full-ride scholarship. Both recently celebrated their graduations from King and are beginning to
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Sandra Walker is candidate for Mayor of Eutaw
I, Sandra Walker, introduce myself as a candidate for Mayor of the City of Eutaw, Alabama. I have dedicated my life to helping and serving others. As a child, I dreamed of a life that was conducive to loving and treating others as I wanted to be treated; to extend help to the needy and […]
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Prospective teachers misperceive Black children as angry - Milwaukee Community Journal
Study findings suggest ramifications for Black youth WASHINGTON — Prospective teachers appear more likely to misperceive Black children as angry than white children, which may undermine the education of Black youth, according to new research published by the American Psychological
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UT-Austin will keep some racist symbols, pledges to honor historic Black students - Dallas Examiner
  By REESE OXNER The Texas Tribune   The University of Texas at Austin is making several changes to address racial issues on campus but will keep its statue of prominent segregationist James Hogg and
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Inglewood students hold dialogue on equal opportunities -
INGLEWOOD — Students at Morningside High School are leading a community dialogue about creating equal opportunities for success for Black and Latino students in the Inglewood Unified School District. “Our schools are not as good as if we were to go to La Tijera or Beverly Hills,” said senior
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$200,000 Matching Gift Challenge for #ConnectMilwaukee Issued by Burke Foundation and Zilber Family Foundation - Milwaukee Community Journal
The MPS Foundation is announcing a major matching-gift fundraising challenge issued by the Zilber Family Foundation and the Burke Foundation. The foundations will match up $200,000 in donations to the #ConnectMilwaukee fundraising campaign, meaning a donation of $10 turns into $20, $500 becomes
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WFU professor studying challenges families faced with remote learning - WS Chronicle
With the start of fall classes just weeks away, a Wake Forest University professor is examining challenges families faced with remote learning. The post WFU professor studying challenges families faced with remote learning appeared first on WS Chronicle.
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SPS Announces Plans For Remote Learning To Start School 2020-21 School Year - The Seattle Medium
Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Denise Juneau announced the district’s recommendation to use a remote learning model beginning with fall classes of the 2020-21 school year, and to continue the remote learning model until the risk of significant transmission of Covid-19 has decreased enough to
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Make Your Voice Heard – Safely
By Congresswoman Gwen Moore We’re weeks away from Wisconsin’s August 11th Primary, and so many of you have asked me how to make your voice heard in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic as infection rates spike in Wisconsin and states across the country. Unfortunately, and unsurprisingly, Donald
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Ke’Undra Cox seeks Eutaw City Council Seat District 1
My Name is Ke’Undra Cox. I am running to represent District 1 on the Eutaw City Council. I am passionate about our community. I want to do everything I can to make this a city we can be proud of. My platform has a focus on three things: Jobs, Transparency and Investment.Data has shown that []
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TSTA: Governor in too big a hurry to reopen schools while pandemic is still raging | East Texas Review
Texas State Teachers Association President Noel Candelaria issued the following statement on school openings: “When schools are reopened, the governor and the Texas Education Agency must require, among other things, that all students, employees and anyone visiting a school have a mask available and
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Michigan Chronicle/TCF Bank S.W.A.G. Awardees Continue to Build Community and Reach Higher | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle
As the cost of higher education continues to trend upwards, students are searching far and wide for scholarships to pay for college. Recognizing the need to remove the financial barrier to higher education, the Michigan Chronicle partnered with TCF Bank to develop the S.W.A.G. Scholarship Awards to
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Carr’s Candor
Dr. Nicole Carr, Pinellas County School Board Member By Goliath J. Davis, III, Ph.D., Contributor PINELLAS COUNTY On June 11, President Maria Scruggs and the NAACP hosted a virtual community discussion entitled the “Hidden Faces of Racism” with one 120 participants. Presenters from law
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Literary spotlight: What to read while you wait – Daytona Times
Editor’s note: Donna Gray-Banks is the author of Ila’s Diamonds I, II and III and the host of “A F.R.E.S.H. Conversation’’ on Joy 106.3 FM. BY DONNA M. GRAY-BANKS SPECIAL TO THE DAYTONA TIMES As we continue to live safe and stay in place, here are more authors and their books you might want to
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Morehouse School of Medicine Awarded $40 Million Federal Grant to Fight COVID-19 Free Press of Jacksonville
by Dana Givens – The spread of COVID-19 has severely impacted marginalized and underserved communities. In numerous cities like New Orleans and Milwaukee, Black neighborhoods saw increasingly high rates of cases due to pre-existing conditions and a lingering history of racial discrimination in the
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Langston Jackson is a Miracle: A drug overdose put him in a coma, but faith woke him up. - Los Angeles Sentinel
A drug overdose put him in a coma, but faith woke him up. The post Langston Jackson is a Miracle appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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10th Council District W.S.C. 35th Annual Scholarship Awards ‘Embracing the Future’ Honors and Salutes their 2020 Graduates - Los Angeles Sentinel
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Betsy DeVos Sued for Illegally Trying to Transfer Pandemic Relief Funds from Public to Private Schools
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Alex Brandon/AP, Getty/eccolo74 A billionaire bureaucrat who runs the nations federal-level education funding agency is being sued again for what media reports are calling unlawful activity. The District of Columbia (D.C.) and a number of Democratic states have
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Federal judge arrested in ‘TSU riots’ speaks | Afram News
May 17, 1967 was a day Federal Judge Kenneth Hoyt will never forget. What started as a protest, ended with the death of a Houston police officer and hundreds of Texas Southern University students in jail.
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Mary Trump Tells It All - Even Donald Trump's Degree Is A Fraud. - ThyBlackMan
Mary Trump writes that Trump even paid someone to take the SAT tests for him to help him get into the University of Pennsylvania. Trump was "worried that his grade point average, which put him far from the top of his class, would scuttle his efforts to get accepted."
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Online Classes - Milwaukee Community Journal
The Milwaukee Urban League and the Milwaukee Area Technical College are offering a GED and Healthcare customer services certificate program. Online class begins July 8 and ends August 28. Financial assistance is available. For more information, contact Maura Fitzgerald, mfitzgerald@tmul.org or
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New California rules mean most schools will start online - Black News Channel
By JOCELYN GECKER and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press/ BNC Contributor  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With the first day of school just weeks away in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom laid out sweeping new rules Friday that all but ensure most of the state's K-12 schools serving 6.7 million students will not
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Newswire: SPLC announces $30 million investment to increase voter registration
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Inglewood’s Choice to Quickly Close Elementary School Harms Children and Hurts Our Community - Los Angeles Sentinel
This is the path the Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD) took when it decided to close Warren Lane TK-7 Elementary School. The school serves predominantly African-American students in the Morningside Park community in the city of
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