Giving voice to all communities
Giving voice to all communities
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New York City's Department of Transportation swung and missed with a road sign for the Jackie Robinson Parkway that misspelled the baseball Hall of Famer's first name.
After realizing their communities were not often in the same spaces together, longtime friends Jacob Smith and Brandon Colvin started "The Coalition Series" to prompt dialogue between Jewish and Black Detroiters. Now, their events are teaching members of both groups how they can support each other and breaking down barriers in the process. Adriana Diaz reports.
As Black History Month comes to an end, Adriana Diaz takes a look at the legacy of Carter G. Woodson. The son of former slaves, Woodson founded the organization that created Negro Achievement Week, the precursor to Black History Month.
Serena Williams was honored over the weekend at the NAACP Image Awards. "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell sat down with the tennis legend for the latest installment of "Person to Person," streaming Monday at 9:30 p.m. ET.
Blondery founder Auzerais Bellamy joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss branching out on her own as a pastry chef and building her Blondie Bakery from her apartment kitchen to a brick-and-mortar shop in Peekskill, New York, that ships globally.
In 1967, at a time when there were almost no Black reporters on television, Belva Davis began working at KPIX in San Francisco; she is believed to be the first Black female TV reporter in the western United States. "60 Minutes" correspondent Bill Whitaker (who, like many journalists, walked in her footsteps) looks back at her career, and how making a dream a reality became her legacy.
In Baltimore, where gun violence claims the lives of hundreds each year, the youth workers behind a program called Roca are teaching alternative ways to handling the stresses of life in a "kill-or-be-killed" environment.
In Baltimore, where gun violence claims the lives of hundreds each year, what is missing from so many young men is a solid foundation. The youth workers behind a program called Roca (Spanish for rock) aim to provide that grounding, by teaching alternative ways to handling the stresses of life in a challenging environment. As one Roca participant, a former drug dealer, tells "Sunday Morning" senior contributor Ted Koppel, "I came a long way, from nothing to something now."
Its origins trace back to a building on Chicago's South Side, where a critical meeting was held over a century ago by a man considered the father of Black history.
A South Florida city has reached a $2 million settlement with the family of Corey Jones, who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2015.
