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Michael Wyke/AP By Melissa Noel ·Updated December 12, 2023
In Texas, a Black high school student who had been suspended for much of the school year for wearing a natural hair>according to NPR.
His family says Darryl was later referred to in-school suspension, according to Candice Matthews, according to a family spokesperson.
The school cited that Darryl’s locs “out of compliance with the BH dress code when let down,” according
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 05: Roy Wood Jr. and Tatsha Robertson speak onstage during The Root 100 2023 at The Apollo Theater on December 05, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for The Root) By Melissa Noel ·Published December 8, 2023
Black excellence >Apollo Theater in Harlem on Tuesday evening for the annual Root 100 Gala. It was an evening >Root 100
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Anna Moneymaker/ Getty Images By Melissa Noel ·Updated December 6, 2023
Despite the Supreme Court banning affirmative action last June, Asian Americans fear that race will still be a “hidden factor” in college admissions, The Los Angeles Times reports.
During the Supreme Court case against Harvard and the University of North Carolina, Asian Americans were at the center of the lawsuits. The plaintiffs claimed that high-achieving Asian Americans lost
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Photo Credit: Arizona State University/ Twitter By Melissa Noel ·Updated November 30, 2023
Dorothy Jean Tillman, a nationally recognized child prodigy and founder from Chicago’s South Side, successfully defended her dissertation to earn a doctorate at the age of 17.
Tillman has obtained a Doctor of Behavioral Health (DBH) at Arizona State University’s ASU College of Health Solutions and is now Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman.
“I have so many people
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By Melissa Noel ·Updated November 30, 2023
Students at a high school in Kansas are upset at the administration’s response to a fight between a white male student and a Black female student, alleging that the school has a history of ignoring racist incidents.
According to the Kansas City Defender, the girl, identified as “Bre,” was hospitalized after being assaulted during the fight at Shawnee Mission East High School.
The 15-year-old male
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By Melissa Noel ·Updated November 16, 2023
Every year, we love to hear about how the “Thanksgiving Grandma” Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton are spending the holiday together.
It’s a story we’ve been invested in since 2016 when Dench mistakenly texted Hinton about coming over for Thanksgiving dinner, thinking she messaged her grandson. She didn’t realize that he had changed his phone number. Hinton jokingly replied he would like to come, and Dench
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By Melissa Noel ·Updated November 15, 2023
Throughout her career as a storyteller, wellness advocate, community builder, and all-around creative, Chantal Miller has cultivated a sense of sisterhood.
That ideal extended beyond her many titles as she searched to create meaningful connections with other women and find spaces that regularly celebrated Caribbean culture in London. It was a desire that Miller says stemmed from a lack of representation of the Caribbean
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Getty Images By Melissa Noel ·Updated November 8, 2023
Yusef Salaam, the author and activist wrongly convicted and imprisoned as a member of the “Central Park Five,” has won a seat on the New York City Council, The Associated Press reports.
Salaam, a Democrat who won his primary by a landslide, will sit on the City Council representing a central Harlem district when he takes office next year. He
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Gilbert Carrasquillo/ Getty Images By Melissa Noel ·Updated November 8, 2023
The next mayor of Philadelphia will be Democrat Cherelle Parker, a former member of the city council and former school teacher, according to NBC News projections.
Parker’s election as the city’s next mayor marks a historic moment, as she will not only become the 100th mayor of the city but also its first woman to hold the office.