Malaika Jabali
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Yes Niece! Spelling Bee Champion Zaila Avant-garde To Publish Two Children’s Books
Zaila Avant-garde, the Louisiana native who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee at age 14 in 2021, can now add author to her impressive resume. PEOPLE reports...
Death Toll Rises To 11 In Mass Shooting At California Dance Studio
The death toll from Saturday’s mass shooting at a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, rose to 11 on Monday as investigators looked into the...
Blocking African American Studies Is A Frightening Preview Of A DeSantis Presidency
This week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis tweeted, “Happy MLK Day,” with a photo of the legendary freedom fighter and a quote from his 1963 “I...
5 Memphis Officers Fired In Death Of Tyre Nichols Following Traffic Stop
Memphis police have fired five officers involved in the arrest of Tyre Nichols, who died three days after a traffic stop in early January. The...
Foundation Chooses To Go Out Of Business To Fund Black Paper In Baltimore
Adam Holofcener and his family donated $1 million — nearly all the funds they had left for giving — in a rare move for philanthropy...
Questions Rise After Police Raid Kills Atlanta Protestor
Law enforcement officers killed an activist Wednesday at a proposed training facility in Atlanta known as “Cop City,” Democracy Now reports. Manuel Teran, 26, was...
White Ohio Man Who Killed Black 13-Year-Old, Sinzae Reed, Still Free Despite Coroner’s Homicide Ruling
On October 12, 2022, outside of the Wedgewood Village Apartments in Columbus, OH, 36-year-old Krieg Butler got out of his truck and fired fatal shots...
Florida Rejects African American Studies Program, Says It ‘Lacks Educational Value’
A new Advanced Placement course on African American studies for high school students is being blocked by the administration of the Republican governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis. In...
Our Time Is Now: Wes Moore Sworn In As Maryland’s First Black Governor
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Wes Moore had his left hand firmly placed on a Bible that once belonged to famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass. With his right...
Diane Nash Is A Civil Rights Icon We Should All Know
Award-winning author and former ESPN reporter Sandra Neil Wallace has once again teamed up with illustrator Bryan Collier to pen a story about Diane Nash,...