Malaika Jabali
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An All-Black School Shut Down In Missouri. This Family Bought It To Restore Its Legacy
Before the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, Black students living in West Plains, Missouri were educated at Lincoln School. After the...
Fisk University Set To Make History Again By Hosting Gymnastics Meet With All Black Women Coaches
The Fisk University gymnastics team made history last year when they became the first-ever gymnastics team at a historically Black college or university. The groundbreaking...
What Should Black Mothers Tell Their Sons As Another Pivotal Election Approaches?
In this op-ed, non-profit leader Crystal Hayling writes a letter to her two sons about the impact of voting and the legacy that motivates their...
Lawsuit Says City Of Portland, Hospital Conspired In The “Intentional Destruction” Of A Thriving Black Neighborhood
Last year, “26 Black descendants of families” who resided in the historically Black neighborhood of Albina, filed “[a] federal civil rights lawsuit…against the city of...
Colorado Police Officer Acquitted In Death Of Elijah McClain Gets Job Back And Over $200,000 In Back Pay
A Colorado police officer acquitted of all charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain was reinstated to the Aurora police department on restricted duty...
Did You Know: Rosa Parks Refused To Give Up Her Seat On This Day?
Sixty-eight years ago on this day, December 1 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested “for disobeying an Alabama law requiring Black passengers to relinquish seats to...
Black Women File Federal Lawsuit Against Former Kansas City Police Officers Alleging Rape, Intimidation
Five Black women recently filed a federal lawsuit against the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department (KCKPD), accusing several officers of engaging in unethical, violent, and abusive behavior...
Imprisonment Rate of Black Men Down By Nearly 50% Since 2000, But Pushback Threatens Continued Progress
Earlier this month, The Sentencing Project released their latest report, “One in Five: Ending Racial Inequity in Incarceration.” This report is the first in what...
California Middle School Student’s Suspension Over “Blackface” At Football Game May Head To Court
Was it blackface or not? That is the issue in question after a California middle school student at Muirlands Middle School was suspended “for wearing...
There’s A School In Barbados Recently Named After Shirley Chisholm. Here’s How It’s Training The Next Generation And Celebrating A Daughter Of The Soil
Shirley Chisholm was a pioneering Black politician, educator, and author who championed social justice, education, and equality throughout her career. She made history as the...