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Community Profiles

Sickle Cell Disease Association of America
Publish Date: 1/23/08
By: Charles F. Whitten, President Emeritus

The vision for a national coordinated approach to addressing issues related to sickle cell disease was unveiled in 1971 when representatives of 15 community sickle cell organizations met at "Wingspread," a Racine, Wisconsin conference center, as gues ...

Latino gang makes blacks its target in Canoga Park
Publish Date: 8/15/07
By: Rick Coca - Daily News.com

CANOGA PARK - Nickson Gilles came to Southern California last summer with dreams of carrying a football to stardom - first as a Pierce College running back, then maybe at USC or even the NFL. Instead, he was carried out on a stretcher, his dream s ...

America Has Lost A Generation Of Black Boys
Publish Date: 5/21/07
By: Phillip Jackson

There is no longer a need for dire predictions, hand-wringing, or apprehension about losing a generation of black boys. It is too late. In education, employment, economics, incarceration, health, housing, and parenting, we have lost a generation of y ...