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The League of Young Voters have launched a campaign soliciting your videos, photos, and writings to pay tribute to all those we’ve lost to gun violence, and to inspire this generation to break the cycle of violence and put the guns down.

According to a new study conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin has incarcerated 12.8% of its black male residents, a larger percentage than any other state.

Filmmaker and activist Mary F. Morten’s documentary Woke Up Black will screen at Harold Washington College, 30 East Lake Street, Room 103, in downtown Chicago on Monday, February 25, at 3 p.m. Don’t miss this fascinating film. More info after the jump!

Every week, the Black Youth Project collects the top news stories about black youth from across the country. This week: ‘Remember Trayvon Martin – stop the war on Black and brown youth,’ ‘Black youth critical to Obama’s Victory’ and more!

We can jump on Chief Keef for what he does, but it’s unfair to attack who he is, because who is is a reflection of the world he inherited from us. That fact is something that very few of us ever even think of, let alone accept.

October 22nd is the National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation, and has been for the last 17 years. Just a few weeks ago, the NYPD killed 22 year old, unarmed National Guardsman, Noel Polanco, in what witnesses described as  road rage on the part of the police. In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, recently […]

Activists and community members were outraged when more than 140 billboards warning of criminal consequences for voter fraud were put up in low-income neighborhoods in Ohio and Wisconsin. After much pressure, Clear Channel has agreed to take them down.

A protestor at NYC’s historic march to end Stop & Frisk (Photo by Paradise Gray) On my way to participate in Verdict Day, the 2 year anniversary of the guilty verdict for  Johannes Mehserle in the murder of Oscar Grant in Oakland, CA, I received a call from my good friend Rosa Clemente about a […]

Every week, the Black Youth Project collects the top news stories about black youth from across the country. Click here to check out our archive of weekly news round-ups, and check back every Monday for a new roundup of headlines about young black America.   White student returns scholarship intended for blacks Dayna Straehley, The […]

John Henry Spooner, the 75-year-old Milwaukee man charged with first degree homicide in the death of 13-year-old Darius Simmons, has pleaded not guilty. Spooner has waived his right to a preliminary hearing, and has a scheduling conference on June 20.

One of the most infuriating aspects of the unjust murder of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman was outrageous behavior of  the Sanford Police Department. Not only did they not charge George Zimmerman with killing a unarmed teenager, they “corrected” the testimony of a witness who said she heard Trayvon cry out and never followed up […]

Patricia Larry holds a photograph of her son, Darius Simmons, 13 (AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde) Just a few short months ago Hip-Hop journalist Davey D blogged about the 29 Black people that had been killed by police or those claiming to be security since 2012, 16 after the murder of Trayvon Martin. This was before police […]