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Author: Jazelle Hunt

National / News

Black women face increased violence

September 28, 2015September 30, 2015 - by Jazelle Hunt

Black women were murdered at more than double the rate of White women in 2012 and almost all (92 percent) of these women knew their assailant, according a report titled, “When Men Murder Women” by the Violence Policy Center.

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Education / National / News

HistoryMakers bring Black role models to schools

September 21, 2015September 22, 2015 - by Jazelle Hunt - 1 Comment

This Friday, more than 400 Black role models will visit students at schools in 67 cities across 32 states as part of The HistoryMakers Back to School Day.

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Education / National / News / Uncategorized

Feds launch pilot college program for prisoners

September 13, 2015September 13, 2015 - by Jazelle Hunt

This summer, the Department of Education announced an experimental Second Chance Pell Pilot program to examine how such prison education programs could be continued and expanded.

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Education / Movin' On Up / National / News

Desegregation linked to closing achievement gap

August 18, 2015August 19, 2015 - by Jazelle Hunt

Year after year in measure after measure, Black, Latino, and Native American students trail their White peers in educational outcomes. These gaps were at their lowest in 1988, the same year public schools hit peak integration levels – and long-term data shows that this was no coincidence.

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National / News

Voting rights threatened as Voting Rights Act turns 50

August 11, 2015August 12, 2015 - by Jazelle Hunt

As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, civil rights groups and leaders, union representatives, elected officials, and citizens gathered at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to address the threats to voting rights today.

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National / News / Uncategorized

Ferguson — one year later

August 10, 2015August 11, 2015 - by Jazelle Hunt

It’s been one year since the murder of Michael Brown galvanized the Ferguson, Mo. community and forced the nation to face the horrors of police violence. And as the activist slogan asserts, the ensuing protests have become a movement, not just a moment.

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