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By Tawanda W. Johnson, Special to the AFRO The Baltimore Children and Youth Fund (BCYF), an organization that stewards public funds to ensure that city youngsters have access to high-caliber enrichment and learning activities, will announce 60 new grantees this month, with awards totaling $8.4 million. Former City Council President Bernard “Jack” C. Young launched
This image from video shows the family of Tashawn Bernard, a 12-year-old who was handcuffed by a police officer on Aug. 10, in what the Lansing (Mich.) Police Department described as an “unfortunate case of ‘wrong place, wrong time,’” speaking during a virtual press conference with their lawyers, Ayanna and Rico Neal, left, Aug. 11
By Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier, Word in Black The memes, the reenactments, the folding chair earrings! In the aftermath of the ‘Alabama Brawl,’ Black America has had a lighthearted few days. Folks have been playing the Crime Mob classic “Knuck If You Buck,” making fun of Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town,” finding out that
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Denounced in some Middle Eastern countries for undermining traditional gender norms, the hit movie is finding an audience in Saudi Arabia, illustrating the region’s shifting political landscape.
She wrote about heroic Jewish resisters in her book “Defiance,” which was later made into a film starring Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber.
The Saudi foreign ministry said its ambassador to Jordan would jointly serve as an envoy to the Palestinians.