Tag: Black children
Black children are more likely to have asthma. A lot comes down to where...
By KAT STAFFORD, AP News
HARTFORD, Conn. – Amid the balloons, cake and games at his best friend’s birthday party on a farm, 5-year-old Carter...
Book Review: Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell pens powerful graphic memoir ‘The Talk’
By DONNA EDWARDS, AP News
“The Talk” by Darrin Bell (Henry Holt & Company)
Seeing the other children at the park playing with water guns, Darrin...
Community Mourns Teenager’s Death after Gas Station Owner Charged with Murder
By JAMES POLLARD, Associated Press/Report for America
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Elected officials met a South Carolina community mourning the death of a 14-year-old boy...
Sharing the Sentence: Separation Takes Toll on Incarcerated Moms and their Kids
By CLAIRE SAVAGE, Associated Press/Report for America
LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) — Dressed in her Sunday best — pink ruffled sleeves and a rainbow tulle tutu...
Cop Shoots Black Boy who Called 911 for Help
By AFRO Staff
An 11-year-old Mississippi boy called 9-1-1 for help and, instead, was shot and wounded by the responding officer, according to his family...