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Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts will receive the 2014 Walter Cronkite Award for Journalism Excellence this fall. The award will be present from Arizona State University’s Cronkite School. 

A Mississippi man who stunned coroners, family members and medical examiners by coming alive after dying has passed away. Walter Williams died around 1 a.m. in Lexington, two weeks after shocking people when he resumed breathing and kicking while in a body bag at a funeral home where he was taken after being declared dead. 

Organizers of a Mississippi funeral home found a person alive and kicking in a body bag early Thursday morning. Walter Williams’ pulse was checked by coroners at approximately 9 p.m. Wednesday and pronounced him dead at his home in Lexington. 

It’s a great time to work for singer/actress Jennifer Hudson, especially if you’re Walter Williams. The star purchased a brand new home for Williams, who works as her assistant. 

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.

Missing: Black males on campus Wayne Washington, The State, April 3, 2011 Detroit: Focus on Youth and the Elderly Staff Writer, WJBK, April 3, 2011 Black Student Assembly to utilize budget differently Rachel Bracker, Daily Trojan, April 2, 2011 A generation found that it can fight back Socialist Worker News, April 1, 2011 Arkansas public […]

Rising rate of youth violence Tran Thi Minh, The Star, February 6, 2011 Urban Education Symposium focuses on young black males Jim Schoettler, The Florida Times-Union, February 6, 2011 School for Low-Income Kids: Opening a Door or ‘Educational Apartheid’? Annie Urban, Care2 News, February 5, 2011 More to education Christopher Lyerly, News Observer, February 5, 2011 No Equity In […]

Lauryn Hill has posted a letter on her Tumblr, thanking “family, friends, business associates, and fans who have called, emailed, sent texts, and posted messages of concern, encouragement, and support.”

Last night, Bravo aired the finale episode of Ms. Kenya Moore’s inaugural twirl as a real housewife of Atlanta. And it, of course, was histrionically wonderful. Now, Moore has been at the center of several dramatic conflicts this season, serving beef to Kandi, my beloved Phaedra Parks, esq., and fellow rookie castmate, Porsha. Many have […]

So, I will admit I watch Basketball Wives. Yes, I do. However, I think I have to draw the line at LA Basketball Wives. It’s too much. In particular, it’s the colorism of the show that is the most glaring issue for me. On the very first episode, all the light-skinned women (i.e. Gloria Govan, […]

Black leaders reflect on time at Duke Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, The Herald Sun, February 15, 2010 Enrollment of black students in prestigious city schools drops 10% during Bloomberg reign Meredith Kolodner, Daily News, February 14, 2010 California students do well on AP exams Mitchell Landsberg, LA Times, February 14, 2010 Works That Testify to the Nurturing of […]