11-year-old Orion Jean is proving that age certainly is just a number in some instances, particularly when it comes to charity work and giving back to his community in Fort Worth, Texas. As a result, he's recently been given the prestigious honor of being named 'TIME' Magazine's 2021 Kid Of The Year.
A handful of Florida students may never get to read Jewell Parker Rhodes' powerful novel 'Ghost Boys' after two fifth grade classrooms had the book removed from the curriculum following a complaint by the Fraternal Order of Police in Broward County.
Donald Trump was harder on 5 innocent boys who were wrongly accused of a crime than he is on a Saudi Prince who had a man murdered. He believes the words of lying District Attorneys and Judges but not the FBI or CIA. He chooses to believe what he wants to believe. Talking about When […]
For years there have been programs designed to get more girls involved in tech careers, but Microsoft noticed a need for minority males. Their Mancode initiative is a one day technology conference that will educate middle and high school minority males about technology. According to Shy Averett, Microsoft’s community programs and event manager, only 2.2% […]
Black boys are afraid to travel through white neighborhoods in America. This isn’t necessarily a startling revelation for Black folks in our republic, but the new study by The Ohio State University may be illuminating for some in mainstream America. Here’s how the study worked: Researchers gave 506 black youths in Columbus, Ohio smartphones that […]
Today you are here to discuss a racial disparity few people talk about. What is it? We have covered a number of different forms of economic and financial racial disparities on Money Monday, but unfortunately we have not discussed them all, as a new study makes clear. A new report from the Equality of Opportunity […]
In a “Stay Woke” kind of way, one Chicago kid has newfound fame after he corrected his teacher for ‘telling lies’ about who discovered America. The teacher espouses it was Christopher Columbus. The kid quotes his mom, (and Jay Z), who saya, “the only Christopher we acknowledge is Wallace.” Apparently little dude didn’t set out […]
“I really don’t see how special it is. I just see it as a normal thing.” –– Malikah Barfield Two teenage boys from Glendale, Arizona are being hailed as humble heroes. Their split-second random act of kindness is a tale of courage, selflessness and intelligence. They deserve all the accolades bestowed on them — and the […]
Freedom of speech and standing up for your rights and beliefs are some of the hottest topics in the country right now. However, it always seems that when POC utilize those rights and freedoms they are met with outrage, disdain and even physical violence. The latter is what happened when a black student decided not […]
R&B legend Jaheim’s song, “Florida” appeared on Youtube over a year ago, in September 2013, in response to the death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin at the hands of a trigger-happy neighborhood watchman. Now, in the wake of massive responses to the non-indictments of killers of Eric Garner and Mike Brown, it rings just a […]
The “what’s wrong with Black males” chorus has been one long sung by the national media. Lengthy, well-reported articles in the Washington Post, The New…
Many young Black men are in jail, unemployed, or victims of violence. President Barack Obama launched his “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative in hopes to resolve these issues within…
