Blavity: Atlanta Mayor Launches 100 Men To Mentors Challenge To Find 100 Men To Give Guidance To Atlanta Boys
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has issued a call to action asking for 100 male volunteers to mentor Atlanta youth. Earlier this year, local officials met with leaders of Big Brothers and Big Sisters after finding out there are about 100 boys in Atlanta on the wait list for mentors. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta, Inc. is an organization dedicated to providing children facing adversity with mentors and other tools for success.
The Root: More Than an Awards Show: BET Just Gave Us Another Unforgettable, Female-Fueled ‘Experience’
Frankly, we didn’t expect Lizzo to top the stellar Sister Act 2 tribute she gave only a week ago at the MTV TV and Movie Awards, but clearly, she had more tricks up her sleeve, channeling another iconic MTV performance.
Blackpress USA: Juneteenth Reparations Hearing on H.R. 40 Puts Reparations Debate in National Spotlight
“These are the vestiges of enslavement that people don’t want to deal with,” said Dr. Julianne Malveaux, the former President of Bennett College. Malveaux testified at a House hearing on legislation that would set up a commission to study reparations for the ancestors of enslaved Africans kidnapped and brought to America.
NBCBLK: Lester Holt in conversation with criminal justice reformer Bryan Stevenson
In advance of HBO’s documentary “True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality,” Lester speaks with the lawyer and activist about the American legacy of slavery and how it shaped the country’s justice system.
The Crisis Magazine: New Film Looks at Mother Emanuel Mass Shooting
Jennifer Pinckney remembers June 17, 2015. That was the day White nationalist Dylann Roof walked into Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historic African American church in Charleston, S.C. There was Bible study that evening. Roof sat with the members, prayed with them, then shot them — nine of them died.
