The Trump administration initially suspended federal student loan payments in March 2020 and later extended it through January 2021. Biden has now moved to continue it twice, and the Education Department raised concerns about the effects of suddenly restarting payments, both for students and administratively within the department. The extension of the loan moratorium comes […]
Maryland NAACP has spoken after a video shows a high school resource officer punching a student in the head while restraining him. Howard County High School superintendent spoke out earlier this month after the incident that was captured on video Patch reported. Michael Martirano says the district was aware that many people were “understandably upset” after watching […]
Chidiebere Ibe spent 2020 learning how to create medical illustrations showing Black bodies. The illustration of Black fetus in the womb went viral. “I wasn’t expecting it to go viral,” Ibe, a pediatric neurosurgeon student, told NBC News. The 25-year-old from Nigeria, has a chemistry degree from the University of Uyo in Nigeria, is set […]
I Promise School located in Akron, Ohio, Principal Brandi Davis has resigned after a shocking accusation. An investigation begin into Davis back in September after she was alleged of slapping an 11-year-old student in the face for cussing. The mother of the student released a statement to The Beacon Journal after the incident, alleging that […]
Ayanna Davis told detectives Polk County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit that she had unprotected sex with the Lakeland High School student (16 years or younger) on four different times, twice at his home, and twice at her home. PCSO said in a press release that her admission matched the victim’s account. The investigation started […]
A lawsuit against a public school district in Cleveland alleges one school worker of forcing a child to eat food The post Lawsuit Alleges Ohio Elementary School Employee Forced A Black Student To Eat Waffles From Trash first appeared on The Black Detour. Source link Related Posts How US schools punish Black kids | 2020 […]
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is now advocating the FBI to take over the investigation into the death of Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day. “As we approach 100 days without any answers, we are demanding that the FBI investigate this matter as a hate crime,” Crump said at a press conference, NPR reports. “The family […]
A video posted on social media earlier this month shows a police officer prepper-spraying and tasing Black high school student during a incident at a high school in a Dallas suburb. The unnamed teen was apart of a protest at the school in support of a female schoolmate who has alleged she was groped and […]
A Texas mother of high school student seen in a video assaulting and yelling at a Black teacher, now claims autism and a bipolar condition is to blame for daughter’s behavior. During a interview with WFAA 8, Brittany Evans told the news station she was “upset for the teacher” and “upset for her even being […]
For about two months, as Van Hook was pledging to the fraternity, he says some members of the fraternity constantly made racist, harassing, and threatening comments toward him and others looking to join Kappa Sigma. “I was told, all African-Americans live off of government assistance and welfare. … There’s an instance I was called a […]