June, 2019 - Greater Diversity News

He Started as a Custodian, Now He’s a Principal in the Same School District

Newly appointed principal Michael Atkins has filled nearly every role in the Denver public school system, but his career in education began in an unconventional spot: custodial services.

Minorities Face More Obstacles to a Lifesaving Organ Transplant

We looked at barriers at several levels: individual barriers, such as limited income; health barriers, such as having multiple health conditions in addition to…

Watching a Father & Son – an Outpouring of Emotion

You must have seen this video. A father speaking with his pre-verbal son about the season finale of Empire.The video went viral at warp speed and DJ Pryor—the father—was overwhelmed by the outpouring of emotion that the interaction with his son

New Maryland City Councilman Stopped in “Driving While Black” Incident

I couldn’t stop thinking about what happens to the young man or women who’s not a lawyer or a county councilmember, hasn’t honed their training on how to survive a stop…

Democrats Hold Hearing on White Supremacy

The House Oversight subcommittee on civil rights and civil liberties hearing, titled “Confronting White Supremacy: Adequacy of the Federal Response,” reportedly is the latest effort…

Mayor Dyer and Chief Mina Accused of Excessive Force in Lawsuit

Video of Noel Carter’s arrest, which was captured by a resident in an Orange Avenue apartment and by security cameras outside the Orlando Sentinel’s office…

Spiritually Speaking: Free at Last. Claim It.

One of the hardest things to understand in this life and then, to do, is to love yourself. God even commands us to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Without Christ in your life, I believe that concept of self love can be distorted…

Baltimore Brothers Set Free After 24 Years in Prison for Wrongful Murder Conviction

In 1994, the brothers were arrested for allegedly killing 21-year old Anthony Wooden with at least over a dozen shots fired.

U.S. Attempt to Erase Harriet Tubman

In the fantasy of white supremacy, traitors like Jefferson Davis and other Confederates are memorialized for being freedom fighters — the freedom of whites to own black…

Pelosi vs. Fellow Democrats on the Pros and Cons of Impeachment

Since special counsel Robert Mueller spoke publicly for the first time about his finding that he could not exonerate the president, the number of House members…

Study Finds Most of the World Failing at Gender Equality

This report should serve as a wake-up call to the world. We won’t meet the [Sustainable Development Goals] SDGs with 40% of girls and women living in…

John Gary Williams Maintained Music in His Heart, Despite Tragedy, Trials

Filmmaker John Hubbell’s documentary, which includes new music from John Gary Williams, is expected to be released in 2020.

The Making of Restorative Justice Public Policy Gumbo

“There are so many people in silos doing this work, but there hasn’t been a space where people can all come together and do it collectively,” said Tim Green

Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works

By Rucker C. Johnson
School integration efforts in the 1970s and 1980s were overwhelmingly successful — we must renew our commitment to integration for the sake of all…

Information the FBI Once Hoped Could Destroy Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Has Been Declassified

An article just published by the U.K.-based Standpoint Magazine alleges that civil rights icon Martin Luther King witnessed and even celebrated a woman’s rape…

America’s Challenge: Moving Toward Racial Healing and Transformation

A quick resignation would have elicited rhetorical condemnations, a symbolic “washing of hands,” and sent the wrong message that everything has been resolved…

Why Thousands Are Getting Hit With Unexpected Medical Bills

Another story in the media covering a family somewhere in America dealing with an outrageous medical bill. Yet, in more and more cases, these families…

We’re in a Golden Age of Black Horror Films

Ma,” which premieres on May 31, will star Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer as Sue Ann, a lonely middle-age woman who clings…

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We’re in a Golden Age of Black Horror Films

In the horror genre, black is definitely back. The movie “Ma,” which premieres on May 31, will star Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer as Sue Ann, a lonely middle-age woman who clings…

School Vouchers Expand Despite Evidence of Negative Effects

For the past couple of decades, proponents of vouchers for private schools have been pushing the idea that vouchers work. They assert there is a consensus among researchers…

Big Tech Surveillance Could Damage Democracy

The more tech companies know about their users, the more effectively they can direct them to goods and services that they are likely to buy. The more companies know about their users…

Convicts Are Returning to Farming – Anti-Immigrant Policies Are the Reason

Prison inmates are picking fruits and vegetables at a rate not seen since Jim Crow. Convict leasing for agriculture – a system that allows states to sell prison labor to private farms…

Graduate Gives to Her Alma Mater, Awarding Scholarships to HBCU-Bound Students

McClendon presented eight seniors with the trunk scholarship during the Senior Recognition Awards Program at Cleveland Heights High School…

Human Remains Found in Arkansas Belong to Missing 4-Year-Old Maleah Davis

The Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office positively made the identification of the remains as belonging to little Maleah…

The List of Black and Missing Continues to Grow

NCMEC – said the number of reports of missing children made to law enforcement in the United States now totals more than 424,000.

NNPA Observes Black Music Month, National Homeownership and Juneteenth

On June 19th, 1865 and more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation…

ECSU Student Civic Engagement Ramping up for 2020 Elections – GDN Exclusive “A Call to Colors” Vol. II Part XV

Ramsey proudly touts what the campus NAACP does in promoting voting and voter registration drives at the beginning of the school year.

Racial Slurs Lead U.S. Smoothie Chain to Require Staff Training

Two employees who wrote offensive descriptions on the receipts of an African American and an Asian American customer…

Woman Who Called Michelle Obama an Ape is Going to Prison for FEMA Fraud

She was then suspended from her position as Clay County development director but returned to work about a month after.

Penn. Parole and Probation Dept. Bosses Say “As long as there are African Americans, Job Security is ‘Airtight’”

Investigating stunning claims that officials from the Adult Probation & Parole Department have exchanged alarming emails throughout the years which included select high-ranking officials…

Ava DuVernay’s Central Park Five Documentary Set to Debut

DuVernay, who took on the project after Santana suggested it to her via tweet, wants to dramatize what the criminal justice system and New York City stole from these innocent teenagers.

Mandela’s Widow, Graca Machel: “Child Hunger Must Be Priority in Africa”

Around 60 million children across the continent suffer from it. Not the mildly uncomfortable hunger that comes from skipping the odd meal, but permanent, relentless malnourishment, stunting and wasting…

Leah Chase, Legendary ‘Queen of Creole Cuisine’ and Civil Rights Icon Dies at 96

Her daily joy was not simply cooking but preparing meals to bring people together. One of her most prized contributions was advocating for the Civil Rights Movement through feeding those on the front lines…

“Black” or “African American?” – Identifying as Black Versus African-American

“As a result of our slave experience, we don’t understand the power and purpose of culture and we seem to be naive in how we regard and respect the unifying principles of culture,” said Hip Hop Activist and author Sean XLG Mitchell.

The System for Electing Governors in Mississippi Is Based in Racism

A new federal lawsuit against alleges the manner by which Mississippi elects its governors is racist, and former Attorney General Eric Holder is one of the driving forces behind it.

Levine Museum of the New South’s “Legacy of Lynching: Confronting Racial Terror in America” Exhibit

The walls of the exhibit are covered in dozens of pink Post-it notes, put there by people coming face-to-face with this painful part of American history.

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