Category: Minority Boys

BY MATT LEVIN  MAY 31, 2017 UPDATED JULY 19, 2019 “…Three of four African-American boys in California classrooms failed to meet reading and writing standards on the most recent round of testing, according to data obtained from the state Department of Education and analyzed by CALmatters. https://calmatters.org/education/2017/05/data-exclusive-75-of-black-california-boys-dont-meet-reading-standards/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org

By Erica Simon – ABC 13 “…We all know life has taken a toll on Americans in the last 20 months. But there is a group experts say is really going through it – young, Black boys. …” https://abc13.com/houston-health-mental-suicide-rates-among-black-boys-men/11199433/ The Boys Initiativeboysinitiative.org

By William A. Draves and Julie Coates Helen M. Todd saved the boys, and our economy. Her story can, and is likely to, be repeated today.    Today, young men are dying by around 50,000 a year from what the CDC terms “Death by Despair.”  A primary result of all that death is that the READ MORE

By William A. Draves and Julie Coates  The distinguished motivational speaker Forrest Lamb wrote us recently, “Growing up I never knew that I was a ‘Black Boy.’ I was just a boy – my parents’ son. It wasn’t until I left home that I discovered that I was a ‘Black Boy.’ Until then I was READ MORE