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Race Relations Influence Some Teens’ Roommate Choices
At first, Brooklyn teen Akeesha Williams was worried about having white roommates from the suburbs in college “because of our different cultural backgrounds” but so far her freshman year with roommates of different races has “been really cool.”
In NYC, Two Moms Describe the Intimacy of #BlackLivesMatter
Trayvon Martin and Sandra Bland. These and other names inform their most mundane moments. “Don’t put that hoodie on!,’” one woman thinks as she watches her son get dressed for school, ready to move beyond her reach. “He could look like anybody from behind.”
Girls in NYC Use Political Theater to #SayHerName One Year Later
With live music and storytelling, the girls animated the memories of five women who were silenced: Sandra Bland, Joyce Curnell, Kindra Chapman, Ralkina Jones and Raynette Turner.