Tag: New York City
Gloria Richardson, Civil Rights Pioneer, Dies at 99
By Brian Witte, Associated Press
Gloria Richardson, an influential yet largely unsung civil rights pioneer whose determination not to back down while protesting racial inequality...
Eric Adams Poised to Become New York’s Second Black Mayor
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Eric Adams grew up poor. As a teenager, he was abused by the police but later...
Founded by Former Slaves, Historically Black East Towson Residents Say White Supremacy and Environmental...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
In historic East Towson, Maryland, things are not always black and white.
But residents of the Baltimore...
COMMENTARY: Book called “boy.” gives voice to mothers of Black sons
“I was just thinking…”
By Norma Adams-Wade, Founding Member of the National Association of Black Journalist, Texas Metro News Columnist
Eric Garner’s mother Gwen Carr knows...
Challenge To Success: Touted Charter Schools Network Ordered To Pay $2.4M In Discrimination Case
Success Academy in New York City had a “Got to Go” list of children with learning disabilities and disruptive behavior.
The highly sought after Success Academy...
