Auto training program aids troubled youth
DEERFIELD BEACH – Uron Wilson was only 15 when, he says, a violent and abusive home life forced him to live on the streets and …
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Black high schools get 1st ‘A’ grades
Three high schools. Three educational icons in their communities. Three persistently failing institutions. And now they have something else in common. Boynton Beach in Palm …
DETROIT (AP) – Harold Varner, an architect on the design team for Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum
DETROIT (AP) – Harold Varner, an architect on the design team for Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, has died at age …
Black girls being wrongly criminalized
Nationwide, African-American girls continue to be disproportionately over-represented among girls in confinement and court-ordered residential placements.
Fake signer at Mandela event accused in mob attack
JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Just when it seemed the scandal over the bogus sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial had run its course, a cousin …
Once-condemned doctor turns to helping Haitians
NORTH MIAMI, Fla. (AP) _ It may be hard to remember now, but there was a time when a mysterious autoimmune disease baffled doctors and …
Teacher disciplined for ‘Santa is white’ remark
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ A New Mexico high school teacher has been disciplined after a parent says the man told his black son that Santa …
White mayor, black wife: NYC shatters an image
Another milestone is passing in America’s racial journey: The next mayor of New York City is a white man with a black wife. Even in …
Belafonte, Young at odds with sons of MLK
NEW YORK – Long sharing the common goal of protecting the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King III, the bond between the family of …
Health care reform: ‘We’re not repealing it as long as I’m president’’
WASHINGTON — Seeking to regroup from his health care law’s disastrous rollout, President Barack Obama on Tuesday insisted that the sweeping overhaul is working and …