Resilience and Hope 60 Years After New Orleans School Desegregation
Leona Tate’s perception of race changed drastically in November 1960 — when she became one of the first Black children to desegregate New Orleans schools.
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Howard University Gets $2M Grant to Digitize Black Newspaper Archive
Howard University has received a $2 million donation to digitize a major collection of Black newspaper archives in hopes of making it more broadly available to researchers and the general public.... -
She Grew Up Hearing Black Moms Are More Likely To Die in Childbirth. Now She's Pregnant
Laila doesn’t remember the exact moment she learned that she’s much more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. Growing up in Atlanta, the 33-year-old was surrounded... -
Black Figure Skater Surya Bonaly Started the Quad Craze 30 Years Ago
The retired Black figure skater, the first woman to attempt a quad in Olympic competition, persevered against a culture that often didn’t know what to make of the explosive athlete
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Historic Black Children's School Receives $5 Million Grant
A foundation has given a $5 million boost to efforts to preserve a colonial-era schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black children were taught in Virginia.
