Tag: African Americans
Attorney Fred Gray, Civil Rights Pioneer, Receives Honorary Degree from University...
news.ua.edu
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama presented civil rights pioneer and attorney Fred David Gray with an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree during...
Titusville Home to Odessa Woolfolk, Condoleezza Rice and Other Notables
The Birmingham Times
Titusville, a neighborhood nestled between the University of Alabama (UAB) to the east and Elmwood Cemetery to the west, launched the careers...
Tuesday’s elections gave black candidates a number of historic victories
Times staff report
Democrats scored several election firsts on Tuesday night and party officials credit the African-American electorate with playing a role.
In New Jersey, voters...
Police in US more likely to arrest minorities during traffic stops
By Tom Abate
Northstar News Today/New America Media
Researchers analyzing data from millions of traffic stops in the United States have found that black and Hispanic...
African-Americans are three times more likely to develop kidney disease; here...
By Glenn Ellis
Each year, kidney disease kills more people than breast or prostate cancer.
Given the staggering rates of kidney disease in the African-American community,...