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Dr. Dre Donates $10 Million To Compton High School
Dr. Dre is giving back to his beloved Compton community by donating $10 million to create a state-of-the-art performing arts center at Compton High School. According to the vice chairman of the Compton Unified School District’s board of education, Micah Ali, the new high school will be one of the most modern public school complexes ever built. The […]
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School Accused Of Covering Up Student Created “Kill List” Targeting Black Students
Some students at Monta Vista Highschool in Cupertino, CA, have been accused of making a “kill list” targeting Black students. Parents at the school are saying the school district tried to cover the list up. One family pulled their daughter out of the school and is filing a civil rights suit against the school district and administrators […]
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Gay Black Men in Southern States Have the Highest HIV Rates in the World
“It’s deeply troubling when 50 percent of African-American gay men are expected to get H.I.V. during their lifetime…” This troubling warning was issued by Dr. Jonathan Mermin, who serves as the director of the C.D.C.’s National Center for H.I.V./AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, S.T.D. and TB Prevention program. And the epicenter of this hidden crisis is small pockets […]
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Ice Cube To Bill Maher “Sometimes you sound like a red neck trucker”
Ice Cube appeared on the Bill Maher’s HBO show, Real Time with Bill Maher, to address Bill’s usage of the term “house nigga” on his show last week. During an exchange with Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Nebraska) on Bill dropped the n-word. Responding to a silly dig by Sasse (“We’d love to have you work in […]
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Aja Brown, Compton’s Youngest Mayor, Re-Elected For Second Term
35-year-old mayor of Compton, Ca, Aja Brown, has been re-elected for a second term. Mayor Brown made history in 2013 at age 31 when she was elected as the city’s youngest mayor ever. Winning about 60% of the vote, Brown defeated former Mayor Omar Bradley in Tuesday’s election. Brown’s campaign strategy was to stress the work that she […]
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75% Of Black Male Students Don’t Meet California State Reading Standards
Three out of four African-American boys in California classrooms failed to meet reading and writing standards on the most recent round of testing, according to data obtained from the state Department of Education and analyzed by CALmatters. More than half of the Black boys scored in the lowest category on the English portion of the […]
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26-Year Old Black Entrepreneur Launches Low-Cost Organic Grocery Store
As a graduate of Howard University, 26-year-old Olympia Auset, has founded a low-cost organic grocery store that serves low-income communities in Los Angeles. Known as SÜPRMARKT, the store operates on a weekly basis and provides 100% organic produce. It aims to make great health and healing available to the communities that need it the most. […]
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The Reasons Behind Chicago’s Racial Segregation
The Racist History Of Chicago's Housing Policies Chicago has a long history of racist housing policies that have led to a racially divided city – a major factor behind the city's reputation of violence. Posted by AJ+ on Sunday, June 4, 2017 In a city (including surrounding suburbs) with 9.4 million residents as of 2016, Chicago ranks […]
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Metro Bus-Turned-Grocery Store Brings Fresh Food To Low Income Areas
A ‘food desert’ is defined as an area where it’s difficult to find fresh produce at an affordable price. The city of St. Louis has several low-income neighborhoods that fit this description. Residents in these places have little-to-no chance of finding fresh fruits, vegetables, and other whole foods at reasonable prices. Three young entrepreneurs, Jeremy Goss, […]
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Black-Owned Business Lands $10M Contract to Help Replace 18,000 Contaminated Pipes in Flint, MI
A black-owned construction company, WT Stevens Construction, has been awarded a federally funded service contract that is set to replace thousands of corroded water pipes in Flint, Michigan. The state has contracted the WT, along with three other companies, as part of a $97 million settlement to replace corroded pipes by 2020. The three companies will replace the network […]
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Family That Won $429.6 Million Powerball Jackpot Uses Winnings To Improve Their Community
The Smith family from Trenton, NJ had the sole winning ticket for a May 2016 Powerball jackpot that had ballooned to over $429 million. The prize was shared by Pearlie Mae Smith and her seven adult children. Ms. Smith said it was “divine intervention” that lead her to purchase the winning ticket when she did. […]
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Genius Brothers, 11 and 14 Years Old, Graduate from High School and College
Two brothers from Texas have graduated from high school and college at the same time. Carson Huey-You, is just 14 years old and has graduated from Texas Christian University with a degree in physics. Making him the youngest graduate in the school’s history. His brother, Cannan, is 11 years old has just graduated from high […]
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Black Female Becomes Second-Highest Ranking Police Officer In NJ Town
Meet Lashonda Burgess, who at age 43, is now the second in command of the Hillside, NJ police department. On April 3, 2017, Lashonda was named captain of the police department, which puts her in command behind the town’s police chief. With her appointment, it marks the first time the town has had a Black […]
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Dallas School District Officer Put on Administrative Leave after Slamming 12-Year-Old Girl and Fracturing Her Clavicle
Mariana Benton returned to Piedmont Global Academy School Tuesday with her left arm in a black sling. “Her clavicle is fractured,” her mother Alma Valadez said, while Mariana haltingly tried to describe her injury. “He didn’t say anything,” said the 12-year-old, after being asked if a Dallas ISD police officer apologized to her after throwing […]
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Newark, NJ Native Creates New Social Media App
At a time when getting an opinion from numerous people takes just a few seconds, an entrepreneur from Newark, NJ wants to make the response time even faster. Jhamar Youngblood created an app, Blastchat, that will give users the chance to better filter the content they want to see and react to. One day when […]
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33% Of Black Residents In Chicago and Baltimore Have ZERO Net Worth
According to responses given by Black residents in Chicago and Baltimore, a staggering 1 out of every 3 citizens has no liquid assets on hand in the event of a job loss or medical emergency. These residents are defined as having ZERO net worth because they’re unable to sustain themselves for three months or more […]
