Black Youth

STUDY: Blacks Are Nearly 4 Times As Likely As Whites of Being Arrested for Pot Possession

9 Year-Old Activist Asean Johnson Continues Fight Against Chicago School Closings

Ohio Health Program Lets Teens Teach Their Peers About Sex

Chicago Closes 50 Public Schools, While Spending $100 Million on Private Stadium Project?!

New Report Takes Aim at New York City’s School-to-Prison Pipeline

Youth Homelessness is On The Rise in Illinois

29 Shot, 6 Fatally in Memorial Day Weekend Violence in Chicago

Minneapolis Program Helps Teens Make Hip Hop in Exchange for Good Grades

Kendrick Lamar Blasts Hip Hop’s Obsession with “Molly”

Bronx “Ghetto” Bus Tour Shut Down After Outrage

WATCH: 9 Year-Old Asean Johnson Captivates School Closing Protesters w/ Passionate Speech

George Zimmerman’s Attorney Wants to Reference Trayvon Martin’s Drug Use in Court

Chicago School Board Votes to Close 50 Schools; Largest School Closure in City’s History

WATCH: Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) Releases PSA Condemning NYPD’s Stop and Frisk Policy

Chelesa Fearce Overcomes Homelessness; Will Start College as a Junior at Spelman

18 Year-Old Eesha Khare Invents Device that Charges Cell Phones in 30 Seconds

Does Obama Unfairly Hold African Americans to a Different Standard?

Nat. Science Foundation Awards Clemson $5 Mill Grant to Advance Blacks in Computer Science

Dozens Arrested in Chicago School Closing Protests

14 Year-Old D’Asia Robinson Killed by Stray Bullet While Riding City Bus

Michelle Obama at Bowie State: Too many young people “fantasize about being a baller or a rapper”

Pres. Obama’s Morehouse Commencement Speech Raises Eyebrows

Standout Football Player Jay Harris Gives Up Michigan State Scholarship to Pursue Rap Career

Father and Son to Graduate from Morehouse Together This Sunday

Oakland Youth Speak Truth to Power at NAACP Leadership Conference

Suspect in New Orleans Mother’s Day Parade Shooting Arrested; Faces 20 Charges

Judge Throws Out Manslaughter Charges Against Cop Accused of Killing Ramarley Graham

Occupy the Streets of Chicago! March for Peace on June 21st!

L.A. Unified School District Votes to Ban Suspensions for “Willful Defiance”

North Carolina Protests Continue Against Republican Agenda to Disenfranchise Black Voters

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