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Dorchester Students Visit Senegal, Connect with African Roots

Source: 
BayStateBanner.com
Writer: 
Talia Whyte
Smith Leadership Academy Charter School world studies teacher Lovely Hoffman introduced the idea of a student trip to the West African nation of Senegal. (photo: Brandon German for BaystateBanner.com)
(From left): Smith students Brittany Washum-Bennett (crouching), Maya Crawford (sunglasses), Shanikwa L. Marsh, Maimouna Staples and Christian Wiggins pose for a photo on their school trip to Senegal. (photo: Brandon German for BaystateBanner.com)

The Tragedy of Excessively Imprisoning Black Youth Before Trials


The following commentary has been condensed from its original version in the
Bay State Banner.

Pitting Jews Against Obama via the Internet

This commentary was first published by the Jewish Advocate.

EthnicNewz.org later republished it on Jan. 28, 2008.

Minority Business May Get a Boost in Boston

Source: 
BayStateBanner.com
Writer: 
Jin-ah Kim

(author talk) A Slave No More

05/08/2008 - 17:30
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Story Location
46 Joy St.
MA, 02114
United States
See map: Google Maps

Black New England Conference

06/13/2008 - 00:00
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2008 BLACK NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE:

BLACK NEW ENGLAND STORIES
LITERATURE, ART AND  ORATORY

 

HPV Vaccine Debate Still Unsettled in Mass. Senate and Moms

Source: 
BayStateBanner.com
Writer: 
Mai-Anh Hoang

For parents with teenage girls, questions still remain about whether or not to give their daughters Gardasil, the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV).

MEL KING: The Continuing Struggle

Mel King, former Mass. state representative and director of the South End Technology Center in Boston (Courtesy photo: Mel King)

EthnicNewz.org first published this commentary on Feb. 24. 2008.

Conn. Senate to Vote on State's First Minority Health Advisory Commission

Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
M. Thang

(Hartford, Conn., April 24, 2008)–The Appropriations Committee of the Senate voted favorably today on a bill to establish Connecticut's first Minority Health Advisory Commission.

The bill now goes

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