News from Black Communities of Gwinnett County Georgia.
Children’s book author Maggie Tokuda-Hall was thrilled when Scholastic, a giant publishing company, wanted to license her book “Love in the Library” for use in classrooms. However, she turned the …
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Several middle school students in Gwinnett County are facing criminal charges for an alleged racially-motivated assault on a female student. According to police reports, the students repeatedly called her the …
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Career Starts Here: Gwinnett Empowering Youth – 2023 Program Application – Apply Now APPLY NOW – DEADLINE FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2023 – https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/gwinnett/CareerStartsHere/jobs/3860279/career-starts-here-gwinnett-empowering-youth-2023-program-application?pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs About the Program The Career Starts Here: …
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Born on March 18, 1935, in Chicago, Illinois, Frances Cress Welsing was a renowned African-American psychiatrist applauded for her work, “The Isis Papers.” She was the middle child of three …
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The Hooper-Renwick School in Lawrenceville, Georgia, has a long and significant history within the Black community of Gwinnett County. Before the desegregation of schools in the 1960s, it was the …
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Group Is Putting Action Behind Their Anti-Racism Awareness Lawrenceville, GA – “Come Meet A Black Person” (CMABP), a worldwide leader in anti-racism activism and training, today announced the launch of …
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Brandon Bell/Reuters Representative Lucy McBath, a Democrat who in 2018 narrowly upset the Republican Karen Handel in a Republican stronghold, won re-election early Wednesday in a rematch that underscored the …
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Federal and military investigators say a soldier missing since April was killed by a fellow soldier stationed at the same Texas base. #WhereIsVanessaGuillen trended for over …
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The U.S. celebrates this Independence Day amid nationwide protests and calls for systemic reforms. In this short film, five young descendants of Frederick Douglass read and respond to excerpts of …
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By Caroline Randall Williams, Poet I have rape-colored skin. My light-brown-blackness is a living testament to the rules, the practices, the causes of the Old South. If there are those who …
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