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TV ONE EXPLORES BLACK AMERICA AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN TWO-HOUR PRIMETIME SPECIAL “STATE OF EMERGENCY: BALTIMORE AND BEYOND A NEWS ONE NOW TOWN HALL MEETING” TUESDAY, MAY 5, 9-11 P.M./ET Moderated by Roland S. Martin, Host and Managing Editor of TV One’s “News One Now,” Town Hall Meeting to Be Taped Live at Morgan State […]

Jesse Williams has become one of our favorite voices when it comes to race relations. During tense times like these when celebrities are mostly quiet, the Grey’s Anatomy star is never too shy to speak out, especially on Twitter. Here are nine Jesse Williams quotes that prove he can speak up and out for us… at any time.

Students who have concerns about how they are doing in school under Common Core state standards shouldn’t think of their lessons as “such an arduous task,” advises middle school English teacher Tammi Butler, who sat down for an interview at the New York Urban League office in Harlem to give advice about Common Core. It may seem to some as if students are […]

As the implementation of Common Core education standards spreads to states across the nation, many parents have questions about how their children are faring.  Dawn Tyler, an educator in New Jersey who recently sat down with the National Urban League and NewsOne to share her Common Core story, has advice for those parents: “Parents should know the [Common […]