Melissa Noel
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University Of Florida Eliminates All Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Positions To Comply With New State Regulations
All diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) positions at the University of Florida have been eliminated, and contracts associated with DEI have been halted, according to...
Natasha Alford Talks Coming Of Age Between Two Worlds And Afro Latina Identity In Debut Book ‘American Negra’
Award-winning journalist and digital media executive Natasha S. Alford has spent over a decade highlighting excellence, calling out injustice, and holding our leaders accountable through...
Mayor Of Birmingham Says Black Athletes Should Leave Alabama If Anti-DEI Bill Passes
Birmingham mayor Randall Woodfin isn’t mixing matters when it comes to his support of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at public schools and universities in...
A Bus Driver’s Act Of Kindness Saved The Day For A Student Who Didn’t Have Clothes To Wear For Pajama Day
An act of kindness by school bus driver Larry Farrish Jr. is touching the hearts of people across the country. Farrish Jr., who drives buses...
Descendants Of Black Civil Rights Leaders And Icons Gather For Historic Celebration At The White House
The descendants of some of the most well-known civil rights activists of the 1950s and 1960s and other prominent historical leaders gathered at the White...
Republican Lawmaker Loses Staff And Committee Assignment After Sharing Racist Post Online
After posting an image of a racist ideology on social media this week, a Republican lawmaker in Michigan has lost his committee assignment and staff....
White Teen Girls Kicked Out Of Sephora Store For Allegedly Using Makeup Testers For Blackface
In a Boston Sephora store, a group of white teenage girls were caught apparently wearing blackface with dark makeup. A viral TikTok video showed three...
Kansas Police Arrest Suspect For Theft And Destruction Of Jackie Robinson Statue
The Wichita Kansa Police Department announced that they have arrested a suspect in the theft and destruction of a Jackie Robinson statue stolen from a local park...
Flight Attendant Surprises Son With Birthday Trip And Gets Passengers To Help Make The Announcement
A Las Vegas-based flight attendant recently worked her most memorable flight yet. In a now-viral video posted to the airline’s TikTok earlier this month, Danie...
‘Pillar Of Strength’: 94-Year-Old Woman Who Fought Developers To Save Family Land Dies
A 94-year-old woman from South Carolina who made national headlines over her legal battle with developers to keep her family’s land and home has died....