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Update: Nigerian officials ban #bringbackourgirls protests
As the quest to rescue more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls from an extremist terror group continues, police in Nigeria’s capital have banned all planned protests. The girls were abducted from a private school in Northern Nigeria on April 14.
Beyoncé class in session at Rutgers University
Students at Rutgers University are now earning college credit while studying Beyoncé. The course, “Feminist Perspectives: Politicizing Beyoncé,” is available to students for the summer semester. The class is part of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies curriculum.
Civil rights activist Vincent Harding dead at 82
Long-time civil rights activist Vincent Harding has died. He was 82. Harding is best known for working closely with the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights era.
BYP 100 joins hundreds in protest of school-to-prison pipeline
Members of the BYP 100’s Chicago chapter joined hundreds in protest of the “school-to-prison” pipeline Monday evening. Activists marched from Lawndale to the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.
Director of Nina Simone biopic files lawsuit over film
In the midst of the debate about whether or not Zoe Saldana was the best choice for the Nina Simone biopic, news that Director Cynthia Mort has filed a lawsuit has surfaced. The lawsuit comes after Mort was cut out of decision-making for Nina.
Mother earns college degree same week as son
A mother and son will both walk across the stage to receive their degrees from Chicago State University. Aaron Williams, 22, and his mother Tonya, 48, will collect their bachelor’s degrees on Thursday.
Man jailed 13 years after conviction set free
A man who was arrested 13 years after being convicted has been freed. Cornealious “Mike” Anderson spent nearly a year behind bars after officials caught a clerical error made more than a decade ago.
Teen graduating from high school, college at the same time
16-year-old Grace Bush is accomplishing the unthinkable. The South Florida teen is not just set to collect a high school diploma, but one from college as well.
U.S. offers help to recover kidnapped Nigerian girls
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is offering to assist law enforcement in Nigerian as they continue their search for more than 250 schoolgirls who were kidnapped by Islamist militants. Holder has also ordered an intelligence assessment of the Boko Haram, the group claiming responsibility for the abductions.
White student: ‘I will never apologize for white privilege’
A white college student who doesn’t believe in the existence of racism or white supremacy wrote an essay about why he would never apologize for white privilege. Tal Fortgang says that he’s tired of being told to “check his privilege” by others at his college. Here’s an excerpt of the essay that was published in […]
The death of Gakirah Barnes: will we now believe that murder and rap are connected?
News of 17-year-old Gakirah Barnes’ death is just now making its way around the internet. The Chicago teen was gunned down after being struck by at least nine bullets on April 11. Given her lifestyle, some would say that her fate was sealed. Since age 14, the teen had a well-known reputation for being a […]
Conversations We Are Not Having: Migrant Mythologies
By: William Darity I frequently hear the following canard used to support the claim that black Americans are their own worst enemy: Other ethnic groups come to America and within one or two generations have climbed solidly into the American middle class – and they do it on their own. So, if they can do it, […]