by News Headlines | Nov 30, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
The last conversation Sandra Torres had with her 10-year-old daughter was about her nervous excitement over whether she’d make the all-star softball team. Hours later, Eliahna Torres was among 19 children and two teachers massacred in a shooting at their elementary...
by News Headlines | Nov 30, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
Pearl Devers was too young to understand why her mother was bundling her and her brothers up and fleeing their family home on tribal land in Palm Springs.Devers’ father, who built the house with his own hands, stayed behind to make a stand against the brutal 1950s...
by News Headlines | Nov 30, 2022 | Black History (Through Reconstruction), Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
Browder has a clear concept in mind for the land: In the exact location where Sims’s hospital once stood, she plans to open a two-story museum and health-care center called the Mothers of Gynecology Health and Wellness Clinic.“I want it to be a place where people can...
by News Headlines | Nov 30, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
During a routine visit to the Good Samaritan Clinic in Morganton, North Carolina, in 2018, Herbert Buff casually mentioned that he sometimes had trouble breathing.He was 55 years old and a decades-long smoker. So the doctor recommended that Buff schedule time on a...
by News Headlines | Nov 30, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
Naomi Harris, 21, and Brandon Beachum, 35, are founding members of the newly established Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW), who gathered in Columbia, South Carolina, on Nov. 17 for a three-day summit to launch their effort. They were joined by...
by News Headlines | Nov 30, 2022 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Current News Headlines
We’ve been here!Recently, there has been a resurgence in interest surrounding the history of Black cowboys. From Portland-based photojournalist Ivan McClellan’s years-long project documenting their culture to 11-year-old Kortnee Solomon’s history-making appearance in...
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