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Every week, the BYP collects the top news stories about black youth from across the country. Check back every Monday for a new roundup of headlines about young black America. This week, “Delegate warns of ‘black youth mobs,”” “No charges against police in student beating,” and more!

Black Youth in the News: March 19-25 – “The Illusions of a Post-Racial Era,” and other fascinating stories at BlackYouthProject.com!

The support for Trayvon Martin has been rather remarkable. The public has gone into their protest toolkit and hashtagged, blogged, marched, sent Skittles, and updated Facebook pictures accordingly. Even the POTUS, notoriously mum and/or known to toe borders on issues that concern race, went as far as to suggest that his male offspring would have […]

This past weekend I had the honor and the pleasure of being a part of a Black Heritage event at my university. In lieu of bringing one artist of large notoriety, the school chose to make the event a celebration of several South Side Chicago artists and consequently the artistry in the community. It was […]

According to a truly disturbing article in the Chicago Reporter, 530 young people have been murdered in Chicago since 2008. More young people are murdered in the city of Chicago than any other American city. How do we save our youth?

“I’m a Democrat. But I believe what Republican Abraham Lincoln believed: That Government should do for people only what they cannot do better by themselves, and no more. That’s why my education reform offers more competition, and more control for schools and States.” In President Obama’s state of the Union address, education was one of his […]

Anyone who creates or consumes content on the internet should be outraged by the possibility of SOPA being passed, as it would completely undermine the freedom with which we share information online. SOPA must be stopped. Learn more about this terrible bill, and what you can do to help, at BlackYouthProject.com / @BlackYouthProj

Youth Center Helps Empower Teens Kristi Pihl, The News Tribune, 1/9/12 White teens with noose threaten black student Jeremy Detter, HDR News, 1/10/12 Fair punishment? Racial disparities in school suspensions Maggie Gordon, Stamford Advocate, 1/10/12 LGBT National Black Justice Coalition calls for hate-crime investigation in FAMU hazing death Steve Rothaus, GS Florida, 1/11/12 Are students […]

“Why do we continue to invest our time, money, and intellectual works in the college and university system of the United States?” This is something I ask myself regularly. Is there any other way? What role do these institutions play in producing the inequalities we face as Black people in our country? Do we fully […]

BYP MORNING NEWSFLASH September 28, 2011   The Grio’s Zerlina Maxwell has written a fascinating piece on the trial of 14 year-old George Junius Stinney, Jr., who was executed in 1944 for the murders of two young white girls in South Carolina. Though he’d even been a part of the search crew for the missing […]

Skills fund to prioritise Black and Coloured youths Chantall Presence, Eye Witness News, March 13, 2011 4th Annual African American Men Read – In ‘Brothers Mentoring Youth Through Reading’ J. Williams, The Westside Gazette, March 13, 2011 Teacher encourages students to discover themselves Kevin Tremain, The State-Journal Register, March 12, 2011 Why black Africans are […]

There’s this unbelievable willingness to turn a blind eye to the injustices that are happening to kids every single day in our schools in the name of harmony amongst adults. -Michelle Rhee, Waiting for Superman I’m applying for work at Columbia University in the hopes of getting a free education. I’ve submitted quite a few […]