Black History Month

Mom says 6-year-old girl placed in handcuffs under school stairs for stealing teacher's candy

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Mom says 6-year-old girl placed in handcuffs under school stairs for stealing teacher’s candy

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Teacher resigns after he’s caught making crude comments to student

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Speaker tells St. Louis students to do better: ‘The only kids that disrespect me are black kids’

Motivational speaker Eric Thomas was giving a speech at Vashon High School in St. Louis when things took a turn.
/ March 15, 2016

Top education officials say America’s schools need more black teachers

Today, a student in America can go from Kindergarten to college and never have one teacher of color. In a
/ March 12, 2016

School assembly goes left after speaker makes disturbing rape comments to teens

A group of teen were upset when their school decided to hold an assembly on rape and domestic violence for…
/ March 12, 2016

Newark orders 30 schools to Shut Down its water fountains after lead was found

On Wednesday, Newark ordered 30 schools- almost half of its school buildings- to shut down their water fountains after lead…
/ March 10, 2016

Baltimore schools officer charged with assault after video probe

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore schools police officer has been charged after cellphone video surfaced showing an officer slapping and…
/ March 10, 2016

Michelle Obama surprises D.C elementary students with school visit

On February 26, First Lady Michelle Obama surprised students at Watkins Elementary School and John Burroughs Elementary School in Washington,…
/ March 6, 2016

The 25 Most Influential Black American Leaders of All Time

SLIDESHOW - Regardless of who tops the list or gets overlooked, the overall point is that it's time for us…
/ February 29, 2016

President Obama launches ‘take your child to the lab’ week

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is launching a version of “take your child to work day” that’s focused on
/ February 28, 2016

15 films that hurt black America

SLIDESHOW - These films remind us that we still have a long way to go when it comes to portraying…
/ February 23, 2016

High school students threatened with suspension for wearing natural hair

When students at the C.R. Walker Senior High School in the Bahamas tried to wear their natural hair to school, they
/ February 22, 2016

If Clarence Thomas and Sarah Palin had a child, it would be Stacey Dash

What do you get when you cross Sarah Palin and Clarence Thomas? You get a “Clueless” actress-turned-conservative pundit named Stacey
/ January 25, 2016

How Reagan's speech recognizing MLK Day wasn't a celebration but a eulogy of King's true legacy

On a picturesque autumn day in the White House Rose Garden in 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the Martin Luther
/ January 18, 2016