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Terrence Southern Wants to Fill the World With Black Scientists
What will it take for African Americans to close the achievement gap in science, technology, engineering and math? It’s a complex issue that experts say involves, among other factors, the public education system, poverty and teachers’ unconscious racial bias. So far, the solutions have been elusive. But there’s a consensus that mentorship is a key.…
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Black Journalists Group Denounces Op-Ed That Diminishes Slavery’s Legacy
A black journalists organization slammed a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist for his op-ed in which he says that American slavery wasn’t so bad, Raw Story reports. The Pittsburgh Black Media Federation called the piece “egregiously ignorant,” and said a response was necessary because the newspaper gave the column credibility by printing it. Jack Kelly’s column, titled…
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Report: ER Doctors Less Likely to Give Pain Meds to Black Kids
A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s JAMA Pediatrics found a racial disparity in doctors’ decisions whether to give painkillers to children with acute appendicitis, NBC News reports. The researchers reveal that 41 percent of children overall received an opioid drug for pain, but just 12 percent of black children received the…
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Man Sues NYC and the Cop Who Allegedly Stole His Cash During a Stop and Frisk
A Brooklyn, N.Y., man has filed a federal lawsuit against New York City and the police officer he accuses of taking $1,300 in cash out of his pocket during a stop and frisk, the New York Post reports. The incident happened a year ago on a basketball court in Brooklyn’s Coney Island neighborhood. A video…
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Being Black at Google
It’s a challenge for African Americans working in California’s Silicon Valley to have a sense of community. Clennita Justice has worked for several technology companies there over the past 25 years. “At many of those companies, you could go for days without seeing another black person,” says the senior engineering program manager, who now works…
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Noted Black Activists Issue a Statement of Solidarity With the Palestinian Struggle
More than 1,000 black activists, artists, scholars and organizations released a statement that expresses “black solidarity” with the Palestinian struggle against Israel, Salon reports. Some of the high-profile signatories include Angela Davis, Cornel West, death row inmate and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, and hip-hop artist Talib Kweli. The statement draws a connection between the Palestinian struggle for…
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NJ Grand Jury Clears Cops in Fatal Shooting Captured on Video
The two New Jersey police officers who fatally shot Jerame Reid will not face criminal charges. A grand jury cleared them Wednesday in the December 2014 shooting, which was captured on their patrol car’s dashboard camera, AP reports. What began as a traffic stop for running through a stop sign escalated when Bridgeton Officer Braheme…
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Cancer Survivor 5-Year-Old Leah Still Gets Her Own Wheaties Box Cover
Leah Still is now among a celebrated list of sports champions like Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan who have appeared on their own Wheaties cereal box, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Her proud father, football player Devon Still, posted a photo of the cover on Instagram. The 5-year-old girl has faced ups and downs in her…
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Prosecutor: Terrance Kellom Shooting Justified
Prosecutors declined to file charges against the federal agent who fatally shot a black man in Detroit, the Associated Press reports. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot Terrance Kellom, 20, during a raid at his home in April. Agent Mitchell Quinn says Kellom attacked him with a hammer, but Kellom’s family says it…
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Ga. NAACP in Showdown Over High School’s Nickname
The Georgia NAACP says it’s time to end veneration of the Confederacy at a high school in southern Georgia, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The civil rights group is pressuring officials at Effingham County High School to change the school’s nickname, “Rebels,” because of its connection with the Confederacy during the Civil War. “It’s time for…
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