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After years of examining centuries-old writings and digging up artifacts, researchers recently confirmed that an 18th-century building on the College of William & Mary campus was once a school for free and enslaved Black children. The building in Williamsburg, Virginia, that formerly housed the Bray School is thought to be the oldest building in the

Click here for updates on this story     Omaha, Nebraska (WOWT) — A high school wrestling match is taking center stage after claims that a referee didn’t follow guidelines. Paul Ruff, a Gering High School senior, competed in Omaha last weekend during the 2021 Wrestling State Championship. Advocates believe Ruff missed crucial warnings during the match

Kearra Johnson was in her senior year at the University of Missouri when she came up with the concept for what is now known as the Revolution Card Deck — a deck of playing cards featuring the names and faces of notable Black individuals. Michelle Obama, Thurgood Marshall and Oprah Winfrey are just a few

Click here for updates on this story     Davenport, Iowa (WQAD) — Normally when we hear about scam calls, it’s the scammers trying to contact us, by calling and pretending to be someone they’re not. But one local woman, who’s asked to remain anonymous for this interview, says she reached to to them, unknowingly. And thus

A recently-opened center for the LGBTQI+ community in Ghana, has been shut down after it was raided by security forces in the West African country Wednesday. Alex Kofi Donkor, who heads the center named ‘LGBT+ Rights Ghana’ in the country’s capital, Accra, told CNN Thursday that he is now concerned for his safety after the

Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, the daughter of Dubai ruler and UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has sent a letter to police in the UK asking them to investigate the alleged kidnapping of her older sister, Princess Shamsa, from Britain in 2000.​​ “In the summer of 2000 Shamsa escaped the family

Click here for updates on this story     Jonesboro, Georgia (Clayton News-Daily) — The family of Imani Bell has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against several Elite Scholars Academy employees, attorney Justin D. Miller announced Wednesday. The 16-year-old Elite Scholars Academy basketball player died of heat stroke in August 2019 when she collapsed while taking part

Click here for updates on this story     Albany, Georgia (Albany Herald) — Mitchell County Middle School was among four Georgia schools that participated this month in a nationwide initiative designed to promote inclusion among students, reinforcing a lesson made more vital by the COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual program, held between Feb. 10 and Feb. 12

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said he is facing a military coup attempt after the general staff of the country’s armed forces called for his resignation. “I consider the statement of the general staff an attempt of a military coup. I am inviting all our supporters to the Republic Square right now. I will

Click here for updates on this story     PEA RIDGE, Arkansas (KFSM) — Black Hills Energy said Wednesday (Feb. 24) that natural gas customers might see an increase in their bills this March due to the rise in consumption of energy during last week’s historic winter storm. The company says that usage is the single largest

Click here for updates on this story     LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — At least one person has been taken to the hospital after a crash involving a school bus. According to emergency dispatch, the crash occurred around 6:55 a.m. on Feb. 25 on Lincoln Highway East near Eastbrook Road in East Lampeter Township. Dispatch says

A year of change in the name of racial justice is hard to quantify. But in the 2020 Impact Report released this week by the Black Lives Matter Movement, historic numbers speak volumes. The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) said in the report that it raised over $90 million in 2020 alone, giving

New York City middle schools reopened for in-person classes on Thursday as a surge of coronavirus cases that had shut schools in November continued to fade. This is the second such reopening for middle schools in New York City, the nation’s largest school district. Schools were first closed in March 2020 when the pandemic began,

Click here for updates on this story     Chicago (WLS) — A heartbroken mother is questioning why the man who killed her 20-month-old daughter is about to become a free man. Margaret ‘Gretta’ Morgan said her 20-month-old daughter Quortney Kley was just learning to speak and develop her personality when she was murdered and sexually assaulted