BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Colgate Women’s Games shares B’klyn coach’s goals with thousands of girls
Open to students in elementary school through seniors in college and beyond, the long-running amateur track and field series ...
Black Judges Discuss Growing Up During Segregation, Efforts to Diversify the Profession
Segregation was an impetus for me. It was my life. It's my lived experience,” said Ninth Circuit Judge Johnnie Rawlinson. “No ...
How A Century Of Young Black Activists Shaped America
To young and old today who want to make a change, Rita Omokha proclaims, “Tell yourself you can—and watch yourself prove it.” ...
Two Black QBs will start Super Bowl 59, but NFL diversity is still a work in progress
Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts lead a rising number of Black NFL QBs. When will coaches and GMs of color celebrate similar equality?
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Searching for reasons behind opioid deaths of Black men born 1951-70
After reading a recent Sun-Times investigation on opioid deaths among a generation of Black men, WBEZ editor Alden Loury ponders the role of racism and segregation in those deaths.