Black Youth in the News

Golf Prodigy Ginger Howard is Youngest Member of LPGA

13 Year-Old Shardae Simmonds Uses CPR to Save Her Father’s Life

Editorial Asks “Where Are Ordinary Black Youth in Popular Culture?”

Central Park Five Documentary Airs Tonight on PBS

Chicago HS B-Ball Star Jabari Parker Is Proud to Represent Young Black Males Going to College

Top News Stories About Black Youth from Across the Nation: April 1 – 7

Mystery of Abandoned Toddler’s Identity Solved Thanks to Social Media

Two Teens Accused of Murdering 13 Month-Old Baby Will Be Tried as Adults

High School Wrestler Without Arms or Legs Wins First Match!

Top News Stories About Black Youth from Across the Nation: Feb. 25 – March 3

Remembering Trayvon Martin, and Protecting Our Youth

19 Year-Old Darrell Wallace Is The Fourth African American Driver to Race a Full Season in a NASCAR Series

BYP’s Aisha Truss-Miller and Chris Buford Discuss Gun Violence, Obama Visit on NPR

Teacher Suspended for Pouring Pencil Shavings Down Student’s Throat

Hundreds Gather to Attend Funeral for Hadiya Pendleton

Top News Stories About Black Youth from Across the Nation: February 4 – 10

7 Year-Old Zora Ball Is Youngest Person to Create Mobile Video Game

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn Will Speak at Hadiya Pendleton’s Funeral

BYP Blogger Jonathan Lykes Named One of The Root.com’s Young Futurists of 2013!

19 Year-Old Sloane Stephens Scores Major Upset Over Serena Williams

‘Fruitvale,’ A Film About the Shooting of Oscar Grant, Opens to Rave Reviews at Sundance

Chief Keef In Police Custody After Violating Probation

Abducted 5 Year-Old Philadelphia Girl Found ALIVE

Beasts of the Southern Wild’s Quvenzhané Wallis is Youngest Ever Best Actress Nominee

Philly Teen Cameron Clarke Scores PERFECT 2400 On SATs

Wisconsin Student Suspended for Placing Noose and KKK Symbols on Black Peer’s Desk

505 Chicagoans Murdered in 2012; Including 108 Young People

19 Year-Old Britney Exline Is Youngest African American Engineer in the U.S.

Top News Stories About Black Youth from Across the Nation: December 4 – 11

Brandon Jackson Defends Himself After Being Jumped By White Mob; Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison!

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