First African American Selected For Team Fenway
Stacie Burgess, the First-Ever African American in Such a Position, Starts With Exceptional Credentials, Experience BOSTON—Fenway Health announces today that Stacie Burgess has been hired…
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The Others: The Real Cost of Dehumanization Based on Differences
By: Mike Givens*/TRT Assistant Editor— I was in the seventh grade the first time I experienced an overt act of hatred. I was in science…
GLAD #ThisIsLuv Campaign: Love & Support in Black Communities
BOSTON, Mass.—GLAD has teamed up with You Belong Co-Founders, former NFL player Wade Davis and writer Darnell L. Moore along with the National Black Justice…
NCLR Statement on Staten Island Grand Jury’s Decision Not to Indict Eric Garner’s Killer
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Today, a Grand Jury in Staten Island decided not to bring charges against Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer that killed Eric Garner. “We…
Through a Lens Darkly to Premiere at 30th Annual Boston LGBT Film Festival
Epic Documentary is First Film to Examine the Role of Black Photographers in Shaping Identity of African Americans from Slavery to the Present HARLEM, NY…
Harvard Law School Hosts Second Annual Lesbians of Color Symposium
Community gathers to celebrate, strengthen through workshops and dialogue By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Reporter– The Second Annual Lesbians of Color Symposium (LOCS) was held at Harvard…
AAC of Massachusetts Marks National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Agency will sponsor two discussions about impact of HIV/AIDS in Black community and offer free HIV testing BOSTON, February 6, 2013—Tomorrow is the 13th annual…
Outcry to Free Trans Woman, CeCe McDonald, Grows Nationwide
By: Bet Power*/Special for TRT– On June 5, 2011, a young African American, transgender woman survived a violent attack motivated by racism and transphobia in…
Book Marks: Carry the One; Coral Glynn; I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin’s Life in Letters and Riding Fury Home
By: Richard Labonte*/Special for TRT– Carry the One, by Carol Anshaw. Simon & Schuster, 272 pages, $25 hardcover. The flawed natures of ordinary people are…
Creep of the Week: National Organization for Marriage
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– Hey girlfriend, what are you wearing to the race war? Some sexy camouflage chaps, perhaps? A rainbow stripped Kevlar vest?…