Black Boys

The internet, as a digital looking glass, can normalize violence for Black boys

More role models for Black boys in school won’t fix anything if we continue to overlook Black girls

This Powerful Poem Tells The Story of Black Boys Who ‘Die Easy’

New ‘Melanites’ Doll Line Offers Different Images Of Black Boyhood

Students Who Forced a U-Lock on a Black Student’s Neck Won’t Be Charged With a Hate Crime

Family Accuses Long Island School for Cover Up in Brutal Attack

Promoting literacy: Florida barbershop hands out books to young customers

Study: Public, police view black youth as older, less innocent than whites

“Not White People”

Three black students arrested for waiting at bus stop

13-year-old boys suspended from school for playing with toy gun in front of home

Study: Black boys more accepted into white cliques than black girls

11-Year Old Carson Huey-You Admitted to Texas Christian University

Atlanta Teen Recieves Heart Transplant After Initially Being Denied Due to “History of Non-Compliance”

Homeless Teen’s Online Campaign Funds His Enrollment at Howard University!

Hospital Reverses Decision to Deny Dying 15-Year Old Heart Transplant

Grand Jury Will NOT Charge Officer Who Shot and Killed Unarmed Teenager Ramarley Graham

17-Year Old James Martin Graduates from College w/ 3.9 GPA

Usher’s Son Nearly Drowns in Swimming Pool; Ex-Wife Files for Emergency Custody

Ebony Magazine Dedicates September Issue to Trayvon Martin w/ Four Covers

14-Year Old Shaaliver Douse Shot and Killed by NYPD

Oprah Winfrey: Trayvon Martin Parallels Emmett Till

Man Accused of Murdering 17-Year Old Jordan Davis Pleads Not Guilty

11-Year Old Dovonta Andrews Is Shot While Shielding 5-Year Old Friend from Bullet

5-Year Old Demonte Reilley Saves His Mom by Calling 911

Tracy Martin Calls for Racial Profiling Amendment at Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys

Trayvon Martin’s Brother Lands Internship w/ Florida Congresswoman

Trayvon Martin’s Father: ‘If Trayvon Was White, This Never Would Have Happened’

Jordan Davis Trial is Next Case to Test Stand Your Ground Law

Man Set to Stand Trial for Murder of 13-Year Old Darius Simmons

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