A 20-year-old man is free after spending three years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. In fact, Kalief Browder says he was never formerly charged with ANY crime. It was 2010 and Browder was a 16-year-old sophomore walking home from a party on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx.
19-year-old Asher Vongtau is free after spending 36 hours trapped in a narrow space between a parking garage and a college dorm building. The NYU sophomore was reported missing over the weekend. He was pulled to safety from the space just after 7 p.m. on Sunday.
Marquis Taylor, 29, used to be a professional on Wall Street, but he left his six figure gig in real estate finance to fully dedicate his time to youth. Taylor now mentors low-income adolescents.
This is an introduction to a series of ongoing posts featuring youth voices and images from Graduation, a multimedia project about Chicago youth violence.
Eboni Boykin spent her life living in homeless shelters. Sometimes she even slept in cars with her mother and younger siblings. Despite bouncing around several schools in Mississippi and Missouri, Boykin now calls Columbia University her home.
Students at the University of Southern California are fighting back against what they feel was a racially-biased, heavy-handed shutdown of an off-campus party.
A white teen in Illinois has been convicted of attacking and helping to put a noose around the neck of a black teen. His punishment: 2 years probation and to write an essay about lynching. Does this punishment fit the crime, or did this kid get off easy?
A group of Chicago teens have compiled a series of letters detailing their thoughts on the riding tide of violence in their hometown. “Don’t Shoot, I Want to Grow Up” offers a vital perspective. Check it out after the jump!
June 23 marked the 40th anniversary of Title IX. And although its impact is clear, black women and girls have not benefited in the ways that white women have. What can be done so that more black women and girls can feel the impact of Title IX?
Contrary to popular belief I don’t dislike LeBron James. I almost feel sorry for him. He has been commodified since he was about 16 years old. I was a sophomore in high school the first time I saw him on television. And then he was on the covers of magazines. All before he even arrived […]
Today marks the 15th anniversary of the untimely death of Hip Hop’s greatest emcee, The Notorious B.IG. Take a moment and check out some classic Biggie videos at BlackYouthProject.com! What’s your favorite Biggie song?
A Kansas City High School Basketball coach has been suspended from his position after being caught on tape calling a Black student a “future welfare recipient.” Read more at BlackYouthProject.com!
