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LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — As a student at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy, Albany County Sheriff Aaron Appelhans used to look at the photos of past graduating classes hanging on the wall. “I got to see, for the most part, ain’t a whole lot of people that looked like me around here,” he recalled of the mainly white faces. Sheriff Aaron Appelhans (credit: Albany County) A decade later, Appelhans was appointed Wyoming’s first Black sheriff, a post he took months after fury over racist policing roiled U.S. cities. His turf includes one of Wyoming’s last Democratic strongholds, but the state…

On Juneteenth, the Center for Black Excellence and Culture in Madison, a project more than seven years in the making, will be one step closer to reality.Construction on the 37,000-square-foot, three-story center will begin with a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, June 19, at its future home on Badger Road in Madison’s historically Black Park Street neighborhood.The center will provide a cultural and educational space for Wisconsin’s Black community to gather, tell stories, create and perform, develop professionally and celebrate their achievements. It will include theater, gallery and maker spaces, a co-working area, wellness and fitness spaces, and rooms for after-school…

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Across the country, applications for enrollment in America’s 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are on the rise. But despite having the largest percentage of African American residents of any major city, Detroit is not home to an HBCU. That wasn’t always true. Now there’s an effort underway to reopen the Lewis College of Business with a focus on design.   “I think it’s a great opportunity to elevate the importance of design across the country and across the world.” –Donald L. Tuski, president of the College for Creative Studies  Listen: Two college administrators discuss the promise of reopening Detroit’s former HBCU.  Courtesy of…

JACKSON, Miss. — On the last Saturday in January, Johnny Thomas paused as a train snaked through the heart of Glendora, Mississippi. The accompanying roar reverberated through the predominantly Black Mississippi Delta town with a population of fewer than 200 people.“Ever heard of the other side of the tracks?” Thomas, the town’s mayor, asked. “That’s us.”In a community where the nearest hospital is more than 20 miles away, the phrase stretches past the proverbial. More than 50 percent of residents live in poverty.Lately, Thomas has felt pushed even further to the margins. No coronavirus vaccination sites for the general public…

Twin Cities Pride asked Target not to participate this year, while some Black business owners are asking people not to shop at the retailer. MINNEAPOLIS — Andi Otto never imagined he’d be in the position of turning away sponsorship money from Target. Late last week, the executive director of Twin Cities Pride was doing the exact opposite. Otto says he sent his yearly email to inquire about the level of sponsorship support the local corporation would be committing to this year’s celebration. “I got an email back the next morning saying, ‘Hey, do you have a second to talk?'” Otto…

Medical marijuana dispensaries are starting to open across Missouri, but some activists say there’s a big problem — a lack of racial diversity.Marne Madison, Missouri chapter president of Minorities for Medical Marijuana, takes issue with the fact that most dispensary owners are white, even at locations planning to open in predominantly Black communities.She said people of color in urban communities like St. Louis weren’t given enough resources to get involved in the new industry.“I was a little taken back by the picture of the first official sale of cannabis in Missouri, and there were three white people in the picture…

BUTTE – Butte’s African American population is under 200 people, but at the turn of the 20th century, it hosted a much larger population.“Historically, earlier on, we had early neighborhoods that were kind of exclusive to individuals of color throughout our history,” said Butte historian and teacher Chris Fisk.At the time, there were two prominently black churches, social clubs and even a newspaper.“Butte was the home of Montana’s first black-owned newspaper, individuals of color, it was called the Butte New Age. Barbs John Dunton and another guy by name of Chris Dorsey,” said Fisk.A humble little church at Idaho and…

Gov. Jim Pillen appointed Omaha author and performer Jewel Rodgers as Nebraska’s new state poet.Rodgers, 27, is the youngest and first African American person to hold that position.And no one could be prouder than her famous father, Husker Hall of Famer and Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers. “It’s undescribable,” Johnny Rodgers said.”Humble won’t put no gas in your tank, no pep in your step, no wide in your stride. Humble going to be robbing you. All it do is take, take, take your head held high, take your complement to a thank you. Girl, humble don’t got no gifts for…

The history of California’s rural communities, like the ones in Nevada County, cannot be told without including the role of African Americans who worked the land, built homesteads, and worked to protect equal rights for all people.Art in Public Spaces is a fairly new program of the Nevada County Arts Council, in partnership with Nevada County, that presents quarterly displays at the Rood Center located at 950 Maidu Avenue in Nevada City.This week approximately 50 guests attended the opening reception for an exhibit titled “We Are Not Strangers Here: African American Histories in Rural California” that will be on display…