Subject James Henry Jacobs Jr.; African American Librarian; Berkeley Description He began the Summer Reading Program and pushed to desegregate … Continue reading Remembering James Henry Jacobs Jr., Berkeley’s first African American librarian
Subject Black Dads; Social Media; Fatherhood Description There’s nothing like receiving love and support from a Black father. Their encouragement … Continue reading 5 BLACK DADS WHO MAKE US FEEL GOOD ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Subject IMDB; Shameik Moore; Miles Morales Description Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has burst onto the scene with a record-breaking IMDb score. The animated Spider-Verse … Continue reading Spider-Verse 2 Makes IMDB History With Record-Breaking Score
Subject Xavier Jones; Graduation; St. Louis Description A North City teenager walked more than two hours in order to make … Continue reading 14-year-old walks over 2 hours to make it to 8th grade graduation: ‘I wanted to walk across the stage’
Subject The Humanity Archive; Louisville; Jermaine Fowler Description The newest author from Louisville to land a book on the New York … Continue reading ‘The Humanity Archive’: Louisville author says journey to NYT best seller began in library
Subject Cullen Jones; Olympian; Swimming Description Cullen Jones became the first Black American to hold a world swimming record, but one … Continue reading An Olympian says a drowning experience inspired him to teach children to swim
Subject Mets; Cleon Jones; Black History Description It’s a story 163 years in the making, and the cast includes the … Continue reading ‘69 Mets hero Cleon Jones is preserving a piece of painful — and crucial — Black history
Subject Gen. CQ Brown Jr., U.S. Air Force; Joint Chiefs Description WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that he is … Continue reading Biden picks history-making Air Force fighter pilot to serve as next Joint Chiefs chairman
Subject Tim Scott; Black Republican; U.S. Senate; 2024 GOP Primary Description South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott on Monday formally entered the … Continue reading Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, enters the 2024 GOP primary
Subject HBCU; Alabama; Anthony Overton; Jay Roberson; Kerry Stevenson; Ralph Williams Description It’s rare that golf comes up in connection … Continue reading How the HBCU experience, and golf, shaped four Black men in Alabama
