today in black history

July 03, 2025

Educator Dr. Ruth Simmons, the first Black president of Brown University, was born on this date in 1945 in Grapeland, Texas.

African American Males and Criminal Justice, 1990

POSTED: November 30, -0001

The Sentencing Project analyzes data from 1990 to explore the disproportionate impact of the criminal justice system on Black men in the United States.