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Orphans of Ebola Are Being Ostracized by Cautious Relatives
West African children whose parents have Ebola generally don’t have a support system because their parent(s) are dead and their extended families are too scared or don’t have the resources to take them in.
Ben Carson Likely to Run for President
Ben Carson, the Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon-turned-Republican star, believes that the “likelihood is strong” that he will end up running for president in 2016.
Mostly Black Cities, Mostly White City Halls
A study and explanation for why primarily black cities still have white representatives in City Hall.
From Slavery to Ferguson: America’s History of Violence Toward Blacks
English Prof. John Matteson teaches an 8-week course about the impact of the legacy of slavery on violence in law enforcement, race relations, and families.
Eric Holder Resigning as Attorney General
Eric H. Holder Jr., the first black Attorney General of the USA, will resign his post but remain in office until a successor is nominated and confirmed.
A Family Rooted in Two Realms
By NEIL GENZLINGER, nytimes.com A lot of people in the television business are said to be curious to see how “black-ish,”ABC’s new comedy, is received when it has its premiere on Wednesday night. What they should really be curious about, though, is where the series goes after its funny but talking-point-heavy first episode. The sitcom centers…
Michael Brown Memorial Rebuilt After Fire
One of the two memorials for Michael Brown built by the community burned completely this morning but was quickly rebuilt. Fergusson residents suspect arson.
Black Lens Program Schedule – Films by African Americans at the MKE Film Festival
This year the Milwaukee Film Festival introduces its program of films by emerging and established black filmmakers, including Milwaukee’s own John Ridley, the 2014 Academy Award-winning screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave. The keynote address on the “State of Cinema” will be delivered by Wesley Morris, winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Please come out…
4 Black People Receive the MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant
Four black geniuses – a social psychologist, an artist, a jazz composer and a poet receive $625,000, no-strings-attached, from the MacArthur Foundation.
Beating our black children furthers the legacy of slavery
In light of Adrian Peterson’s child abuse indictment, David Love opines, “We must break the cycle of trauma that passes from generation to generation and heal both the victim and the victimizer.”
No ‘Rainbow Families’: Canadian Fertility Clinic Refuses to Match White Patients With Nonwhite Donors
BY: STEPHEN A. CROCKETT JR., theRoot.com A Canadian fertility clinic doesn’t want to create “rainbow families” so it refuses to match clients with donors of different ethnicities, claiming that children should be able to easily identify their “ethnic roots.” A 38-year old white woman named Catherine (she didn’t want to give her last name) told the Calgary…
How Race, Gender And Fatigue Have Affected The Coverage Of Renisha McBride’s Death
By Rahel Gebreyes, HuffPost Live It’s no secret — the Trayvon Martin and Renisha McBride killings have striking similarities. Both were young black victims and in each case, the killers claimed self-defense. But despite the parallels, it appears that the two cases are being treated differently — even within the black community. Although the Martin…
For African-American Women—and All Women—Let’s Make Every Day Equal Pay Day
By Stephanie Schriock and Rep. Terri Sewell, theroot.com When we talk about the gender pay gap, most of us are already familiar with the fact that women make just 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. While this remains true, not all women are even that fortunate. For African-American women the wage gap is…
One Man’s Epic Quest to Visit Every Former Slave Dwelling in the United States
Joseph McGill, a descendant of slaves, has devoted his life to ensuring the preservation of these historic sites. “Now that I have the attention of the public by sleeping in extant slave dwellings, it is time to wake up and deliver the message that the people who lived in these structures were not a footnote…
‘MODIFIED DUTY’ FOR MEDICS AFTER FATAL NYC ARREST
By VERENA DOBNIK, bigstory.ap.org NEW YORK (AP) — Four emergency workers involved in the medical response for a New York City man who died in police custody after being put in an apparent chokehold have been barred from responding to 911 calls, the Fire Department of New York said. The two EMTs and two paramedics…
An Opportunity for Real Dialogue about Milwaukee’s Segregation Issues
Free and Open to the Milwaukee Public (with RSVP only) ABHM is collaborating with the Zeidler Center for Public Discussion in their “Building Thriving Community: Beyond Segregation” Community Dialogues. This dialog project is the response of our two organizations to the yearning for deep conversations on this topic that we’ve both experienced this year. Milwaukee…
Alice Coachman, first black woman to win Olympic gold medal dies
A trailblazing athlete is honored upon her death. High jumper Alice Coachman was the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal.
Janet Mock Breaks Through the Isolation for Transgender Women of Color
By Jenn M. Jackson the root.com I recently added a new name to my list of inspirational writers: Janet Mock. Her best-selling memoir, Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love and So Much More, is a beautiful—at times bumpy—journey through girlhood. Reminiscent of Zora Neale Hurston’s iconic Their Eyes Were Watching God, it is a touching…
63 Abducted Females Escape Extremists In Nigeria
by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, npr.org MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — More than 60 Nigerian girls and women abducted by Islamic extremists two weeks ago have managed to escape, officials said Monday, though more than 200 girls who were kidnapped in April remain missing. Nigerian security forces and federal government officials had denied reports of the mass abduction…
Who Were the White Folks of Freedom Summer?
From SNCC leaders to Freedom School organizers, these are their stories. By Diamond Sharp, theRoot.com It’s well-known that 1964’s Freedom Summer, as it came to be called, was an interracial effort, with many white college students joining African Americans to register voters in Mississippi. It was the murder of three civil rights activists—two of them…
New Malcolm X Diary Reveals a Revolutionary Optimist
By Todd Steven Burroughs theroot.com While many in the civil rights movement community this summer are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, another important half-century milestone—and a significantly blacker, more radical one—was recently acknowledged in New York City: the founding of the Organization of Afro-American Unity, Malcolm X’s political organization. Malcolm X, founder of the…