Giving voice to all communities
Giving voice to all communities
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A body found earlier this month has been identified by the coroner of LaSalle County, Illinois, as missing graduate student Jelani Day.
Lifelong New Yorker Mikey Cole credits ice cream for turning his life around. Vladimir Duthiers reports on how finding a recipe for vanilla ice cream in his late aunt's closet led him to a new business and a way to give back to his community.
A monument dedicated to the abolition of slavery was unveiled in Richmond, Virginia, two weeks after a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was taken down 2 miles away. CBS affiliate WTVR's Cameron Thompson takes a look.
The monument depicts two 12-foot bronze statues of a woman holding an infant, and a man breaking free from shackles.
The typical Black family has only a fraction of the wealth of the average White family, and many experts say real estate is the root of the problem.
In 1964, CBS News followed a Black couple as they were repeatedly blocked from buying the home of their dreams. Tony Dokoupil caught up with their daughter to find out how the discrimination her parents faced decades ago has affected her family.
He was best known for "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song," one of the most influential movies of its time.
Mortgage giant Freddie Mac examined 12 million home appraisals between 2015 and 2020 — and found significant racial differences.
After Black Lives Matter protests exploded around the world - Ghana's Tourism Minister encouraged African Americans to move to her country, saying you don't have to "stay where you are not wanted." The calls followed a 2019 campaign that encouraged descendants of African diaspora to return to the nation where four centuries earlier their ancestors were forced into slavery. CBS News' Debora Patta meets one African American who was so fed up with the trauma of racism that she moved across the world to make Ghana her home.
"He has left with us amazing memories of his laughter, dynamic acting skills, but most of all his enormous personality and heart of gold," a representative said.
