Me: The day after I was released. Prove it! If you press the issue(s) once outside, you’ll hear those two words quite frequently. I was diagnosed with a swollen prostate while in prison. I was given a derivative of Flomax to take once daily. Fine. No problem. I did what they asked, and considering my Read More…
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“I’m So Proud Of My Son.
He saw a kid, whose name I now know is Conner, balled up into a corner, crying. So, he went to console him, grabbed his hand, and walked him inside of the school! What we didn’t know was that he was autistic. His mother fears every day that someone will laugh at him because he Read More…
Teen With 3 Degrees Becomes America’s Youngest Full-Time Salaried Teacher
Nationwide — Shania Muhammad, a 16-year-old girl from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma who already has three college degrees, has become America’s youngest full-time salaried teacher. She is currently teaching the third grade at a school in her hometown. Although some are saying that she is too young, Shania has proven herself to be more than qualified Read More…
Six Decades after King’s Historic Speech, ‘Still a Dream’
The report exposes that in 2021, African Americans earn 62 cents to every dollar earned by white families. By Stacy M. Brown, Sixty years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a groundbreaking new report has laid bare Read More…
96-Year-Old Black Woman, Selling Newspapers For 50 Years
Nationwide — Meet Louise Nall, a remarkable 96-year-old Black woman from Montgomery, Alabama who’s been selling The Tuskegee News newspapers for over 56 years and counting. Nall’s journey selling newspapers began when her son Walter, just 4 years old at the time, wanted to earn some pocket money. “So I told him we were going Read More…
18-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Black Female Certified Private Pilot in New York
Nationwide — Meet Ariel Messam, an 18-year-old African American woman from Jamaica, New York, who has recently become the youngest woman of color to be a Certified Private Pilot in her state. Ariel attended and graduated from Aviation Career & Technical Education High School in Queens, New York from 2018-2022. She earned both her high Read More…