Story by Bess Lovejoy The Manchac wetlands, about a half hour northwest of New Orleans, are thick with swamp ooze. In the summer the water is pea-green, covered in tiny leaves and crawling with insects that hide in the shadows of the ancient, ghost-gray cypress trees. The boaters who enter the swamps face two main Read More…
Jimalita Tillman knew her daughter Dorothy Jean was gifted at a very young age. Home-schooled from age 7, Dorothy Jean took high school-level courses a year later and earned her first college diploma, an associate’s degree, at age 10. She added a bachelor’s degree at age 12 and an environmental science master’s degree two years later, both Read More…
Bella Calleja Group Dance Winner Quadratic Four, featuring Tylah Dorsonne, 14, Shannon Millan, 13, Ariannah Wright, 15, and Azariah Wright, 13. All are students at Arthur & Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts. (MarkaJames Photographer Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, in partnership with The Children’s Trust, recently announced the winners of this year’s 2024 Read More…
Stepping into a ‘successful future’: How this Staten Island student earned prestigious Gates Scholarship Yaden Scharf, who lives in St. George, was recently named a Gates Scholar. The student, who is currently home-schooled, will be attending New York University in the fall. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)Jan Somma-Hammel By Annalise Knudson | aknudson@siadvance.coM STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Read More…
UNFORGETTABLE BLACK HISTORY: 2018- The Youngest Judge in Pennsylvania at Age 27 In 2018, at the age of 27, Judge Hanif Johnson made history as the youngest judge ever elected in the state of Pennsylvania, driven by his personal encounters with law enforcement. During his teenage years, Johnson found himself in handcuffs on multiple occasions, Read More…
Black Attorney, Zulu Ali, Renamed Top 10 Criminal and Immigration Lawyer by Attorney and Practice Magazine Attorney Zulu Ali, founder and principal of the Law Offices of Zulu Ali & Associates, LLP, the largest Black-owned law firm in California’s Inland Empire, has been renamed Top 10 Criminal Defense and Immigration Lawyer in the state Read More…
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