Giving voice to all communities
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Six best-selling young adult authors — Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk and Nicola Yoon — teamed up to write a novel centering and celebrating Black love. "Blackout" weaves together six stories of love and friendship set during a massive power outage in New York City. First on "CBS This Morning," the six writers come together to discuss the collaboration and the importance of representing young people of color in joyful love stories.
The #CervingConfidence website states that Black women are twice as likely to die from cervical cancer as White women.
"Harriet Tubman actually stepped foot here in this property, Christopher Columbus did not," the city's mayor said.
Writer, actor and dancer Kevin Boseman is participating in a benefit for the non-profit Dance Against Cancer. He joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss his upcoming performance, his brother's tragic death and his own previous battle against cancer.
The CBSN Special "The Charleston Church Shooting: Six Years later" marks six years since the fatal shooting at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. CBS News contributor Antjuan Seawright speaks with several survivors of the attack, as well as the church’s current Pastor Eric Manning about the events of that day and what lies ahead for the church and the Black community.
The following is a transcript of an interview with Lonnie G. Bunch III, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, that aired Sunday, June 20, 2021, on "Face the Nation."
Experts say the wealth gap between White and Black households was fueled by generations of enslavement, Jim Crow laws and discrimination, and offer proposals to narrow the gap, including race-neutral anti-poverty programs.
For years, only a historical marker recognized the history of Juneteenth in Galveston, Texas. So a team of artists came together to create a mural on the blank wall by the marker to bring more attention to the importance of the location. Janet Shamlian has more.
Celebrations were held across the country Saturday as Juneteenth was recognized as a federal holiday. But some social activists are urging for the holiday to also mark a day of reflection. Skyler Henry has more.
Derek Fleming and Chef Tristen Epps are cooking up soulful specialties at “Red Rooster,” which occupies hallowed ground in Miami's Overtown section. For “The Dish,” Michelle Miller gets a taste of some of the restaurant's colorful history.
