Led by the Black Student Solidarity Network, a coalition of Black students from across MO/KS, a public call-to-action has been issued for a mass rally following the Shawnee Mission Hate Crime.
Join the Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group in an urgent talk on education as resistance. The talk features Dr. Valerie Tucker, a former staff member, parent, and community activist in the KCMO District during the school desegregation period.
For Black student-athletes, traveling outside of city limits to play against predominantly white schools comes with facing racist violence and harassment.
Attended by 40 young people, The Defender's inaugural "Young Black Writer's Social" is the first event of its kind in Kansas City.
The Kansas City Defender believes that youth are integral to Black liberation, and that is why we're proud to announce our first-ever Young Black Writer's Social.
Missouri Prisons have unleashed a new form of cruelty—banning books sent by friends and family to incarcerated individuals. This is more than just a policy, it's an attack on freedom and human dignity.
The purpose of BSSN is to connect Black and Brown students across statelines, districts, and schools to help build, and to be in, community amidst one another.
In an unprecedented attack on Black & minority students, Republicans plan to decimate all educational opportunities that helped reduce systemic racism.
This ruling disrupts admissions processes that have been used to acknowledge barriers to quality education due to racial discrimination since the 1960s.
Understanding the intersectionality of neurodivergence and the Black experience is crucial in recognizing the often ignored challenges faced by Black neurodivergent individuals. Dr. Nora Ekeanya, a distinguished Black author and psychiatrist, highlights these disparities.
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