Notre Dame gets first black valedictorian
Earlier this spring, Katie Washington was one of three finalists vying to become the University of Notre Dame's senior class valedictorian. When it was her turn to be interviewed by...
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CeaseFire director inspired by troubled past
Tio Hardiman had 10 siblings. Six didn't fare too well: One succumbed to pneumonia at a very young age. Two died in drug-related deaths. Two are in jail. One is...
Giving back to girls
On a recent afternoon, a group of young girls sat in the library of Hinton Elementary School in the Englewood neighborhood holding beautifully designed paper dolls that the girls had...
Improving the lives of black boys
When Bryan Echols was at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale in the early 1990s, his father would drive him to and from school. Once, during one of their many road...
Improving the lives of black boys
When Bryan Echols was at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale in the early 1990s, his father would drive him to and from school. Once, during one of their many road...
Recovering skinhead tries to open eyes of closed minds
Over the last two decades, Frank Meeink, 35, has undergone quite a metamorphosis. In 1997, he spent a year having a five-inch swastika tattoo removed from his neck and the...
Recovering skinhead tries to open eyes of closed minds
Over the last two decades, Frank Meeink, 35, has undergone quite a metamorphosis. In 1997, he spent a year having a five-inch swastika tattoo removed from his neck and the...
Recovering skinhead tries to open eyes of closed minds
Over the last two decades, Frank Meeink, 35, has undergone quite a metamorphosis. In 1997, he spent a year having a five-inch swastika tattoo removed from his neck and the...
Recovering skinhead tries to open eyes of closed minds
Over the last two decades, Frank Meeink, 35, has undergone quite a metamorphosis. In 1997, he spent a year having a five-inch swastika tattoo removed from his neck and the...
Civil rights lessons from James Armstrong’s barber chair
When Darren Armstrong, 27, was a little boy, his grandfather used to cut his hair in his Alabama barbershop. Armstrong remembers sitting in the red leather chair, draped in a...