“PAYING IT FORWARD AFTER BEATING THE ODDS”
“Something that I’ve learned from my mentor is always pay things forward, not necessarily with money, but with actions and deeds. You’re not alone. You’re [...]
Read More“Something that I’ve learned from my mentor is always pay things forward, not necessarily with money, but with actions and deeds. You’re not alone. You’re [...]
Read MoreWhen Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin’s mother, spoke at the Children’s Defense Fund’s recent national conference, she shared some details about her son that reminded the [...]
Read MoreDr. Vincent Harding, an acclaimed historian, religious scholar, and activist known for his work with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., believes America is a wounded [...]
Read MoreAs a six-year-old first grader in New Orleans in 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first Black student to attend an all-White elementary school in the [...]
Read More“You know, when we started the farm workers movement, I remember going to many conferences, and people [kept asking] how do we do this? . [...]
Read MoreThe U.S. Census Bureau’s new poverty data for the states show millions of families struggling mightily to keep their heads above water in the wake [...]
Read MoreCarlos Amador emigrated with his family from Mexico in 1999 at age 14 and lived in the United States as an undocumented immigrant for almost [...]
Read MoreHungry child, I didn't make this world for you. You didn't buy any stock in my railroad. You didn't invest in my corporation. Where are [...]
Read MoreEvery 29 seconds, a child is born into poverty in America. Every 29 seconds. One hundred and twenty-four children every hour. Children like 10-year-old Tyler, [...]
Read MoreI often say to people who come to the Schomburg that the crisis of today is a consequence of not one, but two generations born [...]
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