Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
9 August 2021
Seattle, Washington, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Equitable Communities Initiative brought together representatives from a range of nonprofits serving people of color to make recommendations for investments that support communities of color. Each panelist brought...
The New York Times
Will Wright
31 May 2021
Alexandria, Virginia, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The Virginia Theological Seminary is giving cash to descendants of Black Americans forced to work there during slavery and Jim Crow. Annual payments, taken from a fund set to grow at a sustainable rate, will go to the...
31 May 2021
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
To mark the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, in which a white mob killed hundreds of Black residents and destroyed the thriving neighborhood of Greenwood, the Centennial Commission supported a number of i...
The Washington Post
Peter Hermann
29 May 2021
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Unsuccessful at filling its police officer ranks with more people of color from the neighborhoods where they'll patrol, the D.C. police department takes its largely white recruit classes into those neighborhoods for l...
13 May 2021
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Multi-Media
Over 15 Minutes
Choices - Memphis Center for Reproductive Health provides midwifery services and trains new generations of midwives, with a focus on improving the experiences of women of color. Midwives played a central role in Black...
4 May 2021
Georgia, United States
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1500-3000 Words
A small group of prominent Black business leaders personally urged their corporate peers to oppose the restrictive voting laws being considered in dozens of states. Public statements framing voting rights as a moral, ...
12 April 2021
South Africa
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800-1500 Words
WikiAfrica Education increases information about Africa’s diverse languages, cultures, and politics from the voices and perspectives of African people. AfroCuration events enlist the help of young people to create and...
8 April 2021
Georgia, United States
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1500-3000 Words
A complex combination of successful fundraising campaigns, engaging with and energizing Black voters, and mobilizing the state’s other ethnic and racial groups helped Democrats flip Georgia blue in 2020. Large financi...
1 April 2021
United States
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1500-3000 Words
The Civil Rights Act of 1871, as a direct response to white resistance to Reconstruction-era reforms in the former Confederacy, gave people the right to sue government officials for depriving them of their civil right...
9 February 2021
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
The Fayette County Traveling Museum collects, preserves, and shares Uniontown’s Black history. The owners sift through archives, libraries, and donated boxes of materials, which are displayed as educational resources....
6 February 2021
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
A partnership between WakeMed and Wake County Public Health made 1,700 shots available with vaccine clinics in 16 churches and a community center. Trusted messengers, like pastors, are more effective at communicating ...
3 February 2021
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The Chicago Black Drag Council launched after a series of protests that called on Chicago’s LGBTQ neighborhood to address racial discrimination and oppression. A handful of businesses quickly agreed to a live-streamed...
15 January 2021
United States
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1500-3000 Words
In an effort to combat racial injustice, former plantations are shifting the narrative typically given on tours to focus on the lives of the enslaved who once lived there instead of enslavers who owned the plantations...
12 January 2021
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Broadcast TV News
5-15 Minutes
In an effort to help get accurate information to the communities who are being disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, a program called Live Chair Health has started to train barbers "on chronic issue...
31 December 2020
Staten Island, New York, United States
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800-1500 Words
The Staten Island African American Heritage Tour is a website and mobile app that offers virtual tours of Staten Island’s Black History, which was oftentimes intentionally erased from the city's historical accounts. T...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
James E. Causey
18 December 2020
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Milwaukee is one of the most segregated cities in the country. Nationally, a Gallup poll found that 55% of Americans believe “race relations between Blacks and whites to be either "very or somewhat bad." To improve ra...
12 December 2020
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Kindred is a program to diversify Pima County libraries' staff, events, and collections. They run programs centered around Black history, culture, and experiences, including Black story time and talks featuring promin...
10 December 2020
Mississippi, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Civic engagement groups creatively encouraged young Black voters to vote. Mississippi Votes ran fellowships where local representatives educated young people on the political landscape of their state and used "geofenc...
16 November 2020
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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1500-3000 Words
A newsletter that began in hopes to help stir up business for local restaurants in the Black community grew into a food subscription box that connects farmers, restaurants, and consumers. Tall Grass Food Box has put m...
12 November 2020
Georgia, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Civic engagement organizers have decreased the gap between Republicans and Democrats in Georgia over the past several elections by increasing voter participation and leveraging the shifting state demographics. Groups ...
4 November 2020
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The HIV/AIDS clinical trial network’s 30 sites have spent years building trust among historical marginalized communities so that more clinical trial participants come from communities of color. Educational outreach, a...
3 November 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Several groups are working to counter disinformation aimed at the Black community by spreading accurate information and elevating local voices as trusted messengers. Organizations have disseminated accurate informatio...
3 November 2020
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Black and Latinx enrollment in clinical studies has nearly doubled in HIV vaccine clinical trials due to the HIV Vaccine Trials Network in Cleveland implementing an engagement model that addresses community distrust t...
21 October 2020
Portland, Oregon, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A program called Grandma’s Hands has begun hosting virtual dinner parties as a means of connecting and engaging with Black grandmothers during the coronavirus pandemic. Funded by a grant from the Oregon Department of ...
22 September 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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800-1500 Words
Data shows that nationally only 2% of public-school teachers are Black men. To fill that gap, Boys’ Latin, a charter school in Philadelphia, launched a program that creates teaching positions for Black men who want ...
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