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Faculty receive Idaho’s highest honor for history Alicia Garza (right) with Janet Gallimore, executive director of the Idaho State Historical Society. Photo provided by the Idaho State Historical Society. Alicia Garza and Mamie Oliver have received 2020 Esto Perpetua Awards from the Idaho State Historical Society. Garza is a professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages. Oliver was a professor of social work, sociology and education at Boise State from 1972 to 1988. She was the university’s first tenured Black professor. The award – the state’s highest for history – honors those who have made significant contributions to the…

A visiting professor at Southern Illinois University is advocating for universities to provide bereavement leave to allow black faculty time to grieve and process trauma following triggering racist news and experiences.Angel Jones, a visiting assistant professor in the department of educational leadership at the college, questioned why black educators are expected to return to work and act like nothing is wrong after such events. “I am a proud educator who loves what I do,” Jones wrote in a piece published by Times Higher Education. “But before that, I am a Black woman. A Black woman who is expected to return…

Iowa (KWWL) — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says there’s a good chance in the next several weeks, a few wandering black bears will come down from the north ahead of the breeding season.It’s something that has been happening every spring since 2014, according to the DNR.“Within the next three to five years, I think we can expect to see cubs show up and a small breeding population become established. If that occurs, we should look to our neighbors in Wisconsin and Minnesota who have learned to live with bears,” said Vince Evelsizer, furbearer and wetland wildlife research…

It’s a real-life fairy tale almost 100 years in the making.The Dongs, a Chinese-American family, say there was “no way” they could have rented a home in Coronado in 1938. As Chinese Americans, they faced race-related challenges and restrictions when it came to making a home in the United States. The Chinese Exclusion Act was still in play, excluding many from U.S. citizenship, and attitudes about Chinese Americans were often unwelcoming at best.But the Thompsons, a Black family living in Coronado, owned their home on C Avenue. Gus Thompson, who had been formerly enslaved in Kentucky, and his wife Emma,…

When Hank Jenkins opened the Plant Provocateur five years ago, he said he would often experience judgment and trust issues simply because he’s a black business owner. “People would come in, look at me and say, ‘I want to talk to the owner,’” Jenkins said on the phone earlier this week.Angry and hurting following the death late last month of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis, Jenkins said he’s trying to find ways to cope. Although many stores are beginning to reopen as coronavirus restrictions are being lifted, Jenkins has decided to move his Silver Lake plant and home…

TAMPA, Fla. — This week is national Black Restaurants Week. The 7th annual event is more than a celebration of Black owned restaurants, it also raises awareness of the challenges Black culinary businesses face.  What You Need To Know The 7th annual ‘Black Restaurants Week’ is being celebrated this week nationwide  It raises awareness to the challenges Black culinary businesses face  Local Black-owned restaurant, Rose Bar Tampa, is one of 2,000 restaurants being recognized Rose Bar Tampa opened two years ago in Hyde Park. Owners Johnny Smallwood and Sean Wood had a vision for a place that offered a fusion…

UNH program bridges STEM education for students of color with workforce development Leo Maldonado (at left), 15, of New Jersey, and Nistha Prasai, 14, of New Hampshire, work on a group building project. (Photo by Mark Bolton Photography) The George Floyd protests in 2020 sparked more than just an outcry of racial inequality in the United States — it also made business leaders take notice of the apparent disparities in New Hampshire. One such company, Appledore Marine Engineering in Portsmouth, saw what was happening and made a call to the University of New Hampshire. That one simple phone call would soon…

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This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.Editor’s note: This story is part of KSL.com’s “Black Voices” series where we share black Utahns’ stories about what life is like for them in the Beehive State.SARATOGA SPRINGS — There’ve been more than a few times Danor Gerald has wondered why he’s still in Utah.The Louisiana-born and Texas-raised actor moved to the state in 2003, where he has starred…

Acknowledging and supporting the Black Lives Matter movement can be an important indicator of a company’s values and beliefs. But as many Black tech professionals have pointed out, corporate statements only go so far.  Reporters from The Plug, a publication focused on the Black tech community, compiled a spreadsheet tracking companies that have released #BlackLivesMatter statements and whether those companies shared diversity data, made material donations or established diversity, equity and inclusion principles. Statements should come with actions, Mutale Nkonde, an AI policy analyst and researcher, told Built In. But the language many companies used to express their support still made an impact. “Saying you’re…