22 years as a former PK-5 urban public school principal turned speaker, advocate, and consultant.đAchieving Racial Equity through Education and Leadership #đ
Kentucky, USA
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Hazel Scott was a child prodigy admitted to Juilliard at age eight who played two grand pianos at once, spoke seven languages, and refused segregated audiences or demeaning roles. She was married to Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. for 15 years, from 1945 to 1960, and they had a son together.
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Retired educators.
What did it feel like, what did it all mean at the end?
Please try to capture it in a six-word story.
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Civil rights icon Andrew Young was moved to TEARS reflecting on Keisha Lance Bottomsâ historic election as the nation's first Black woman governor! He said the victory belongs to the women who risked their lives marching for equality. Their sacrifices paved the way for HISTORY!
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âThe democrats very first bill should be the $5000 thing. Send it to Trumpâs desk make him veto it.â @SatireAP
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HOLY CRAP!
Democrat @scott_colom appears to have won Mississippi!!
Iâm pretty sure this campaign ad had something to do with it.
Hilarious if you havenât watched it.
Surprise Surprise
BREAKING: A hacker is attempting to breach the US Federal Election Commission's systems and that agency has had to 'temporarily shut down' its web-facing services as a result, according to an email seen by Reuters reut.rs/4imQyUu
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Come Jesus Come
The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his motherâs lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June âwas justified,â Mississippi attorney generalâs office announced mississippifreepress.org/polâŠ
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Investigate what tRUMP was doing when he distracted us with this foolishnessâŠ
Trumpâs new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, has been fired, after less than a week on the job, NYT reports nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/poâŠ
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The median net worth of Black American households declined by 25 percent from 2022 to 2025, according to newly released Federal Reserve data cepr.net/publications/black-âŠ
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Trump has declared itâs now illegal for banks to help Black people buy homes. And to make it worse, he brought out his only Black cabinet member to make the announcement.
There was a time when family meant more than simply living under the same roof. It meant a shared understanding of who we are, what we believe, and how we are expected to live.
Remember: âAs for me and my houseâŠâ
âThereâs no benefit that came out of you putting me in those schools. No benefit at all.â
Brutal 2 minutes of NHJâs daughter dismantling her motherâs school integration experiment on @ThisAmerLife.
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Principalities at work. Dads are there. They just donât want you to see them.
Is the NBA & NFL pushing Black fathers away from their sons?
The Fellas get REAL about the conversation sparked by Dwyane Wade and Jayson Tatumâs fathers.
J.R. Smith shares his experience with the NBA. ZaâDarius Smith speaks on his experience in the NFL. And Charles Oakley and Justin Tinsley break down how the media can turn an athleteâs family story into a âstruggle storyâ without knowing the full picture.
Watch the full episode of #ForTheFellas NOW on BETâs YouTube. #LinkInBio
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Itâs very, very hard,â âŠworking w/in the system that is not working,while trying to recreate and reimagine a new system, while working with youth,who have all this potential, whoâve not been given the opportunitiesâŠAnd they understand all of it, and none of it, all at once.â
New from Nikole Hannah-Jones: In fighting for every Black child, Did I betray my own?
âA decade ago, I made a decision about my daughterâs education that I hoped would challenge NYCâs unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choiceâ
nytimes.com/2026/09/20/magazâŠ
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A Kentucky State University basketball player from Senegal, Amina Seck, was detained by ICE at the Louisville airport while traveling to New York with her team.
Seck's lawyer says she is suffering from an ACL injury and has not been receiving consistent care while being moved between four detention centers.
(courier-journal.com/story/neâŠ)
