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Restaurant U To Connect At-Risk Houston Kids With World-class Eateries

by lisadtinsley July 21, 2021

A new program will introduce some of Houston’s most vulnerable children to a world of culinary possibilities. Entitled Restaurant U, the initiative is a partnership between local non-profit Homemade Hope and the Greater Houston Texas Restaurant…

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July 21, 2021 0 comment 371 views
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Damage to Children’s Education — And Their Health — Could Last a Lifetime

by lisadtinsley July 11, 2021

By Liz Szabo Before the pandemic, 16-year-old Na’ryen Cayou had everything he needed. He had his own room. A partial scholarship to a boys’ prep school. A spot playing trombone in…

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July 11, 2021 0 comment 453 views
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Ohio quadruplets graduate together from Yale

by lisadtinsley July 3, 2021

By Terry Shropshire The Wade quadruplets made international headlines when they were accepted to 60 of the most elite schools in America after their high school graduation in Ohio. Four years…

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July 3, 2021 0 comment 646 views
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Nine Facts About Juneteenth You Should Know

by lisadtinsley June 19, 2021

Written by Lisa D. Tinsley      Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862.  It went into effect on January 1, 1863.   In the Confederacy, slaves were…

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June 19, 2021 0 comment 662 views
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Five Black cities that resemble the thriving spirit of Tulsa, Oklahoma

by lisadtinsley June 5, 2021

By Torrance Stephens In his memoir, My Life and An Era, attorney Buck Franklin, a survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre who represented other Greenwood families in court after the tragedy, describes…

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June 5, 2021 0 comment 389 views
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2021 Fair Housing: Restoring HUD Rules and Revenues

by lisadtinsley June 5, 2021

By Charlene Crowell, NNPA Newswire Contributor The reality for Black America and other people of color is that housing has not significantly changed since the 1968 federal enactment of the Fair…

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June 5, 2021 0 comment 636 views
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How Schools Can Help Kids Heal After the Pandemic’s Uncertainty

by lisadtinsley May 24, 2021

By Cory Turner, NPR and Christine Herman, WILL / Illinois Public Media Kai Humphrey, 9, has been learning from home for more than a year. He badly misses his Washington, D.C., elementary school,…

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May 24, 2021 0 comment 427 views
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Racism Derails Black Men’s Health, Even as Education Levels Rise

by lisadtinsley May 22, 2021

By Virginia Anderson More education typically leads to better health, yet Black men in the U.S. are not getting the same benefit as other groups, research suggests. The reasons for the…

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May 22, 2021 0 comment 539 views
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Seed Money: Black Entrepreneurs Hope Pandemic Gardening Boom Will Grow Healthier Eating

by lisadtinsley May 20, 2021

By Chandra Thomas Whitfield DENVER — Ietef Vita had planned to spend most of 2020 on the road, promoting “Biomimicz,” the album the rapper had released on his #plantbasedrecords label in…

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May 20, 2021 0 comment 517 views
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Podcast Feature: The Complex History and Politicization of Black Hair in America presented by Danielle Harvey

by lisadtinsley May 2, 2021

Special Correspondent Danielle Harvey speaks with Dr. Neal Lester about the complex history and politicization of black hair in America.  Dr. Lester is Foundation Professor of English and Founding Director…

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May 2, 2021 0 comment 1047 views
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