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• Young Prodigy Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman Earns Doctorate at 17

  03-12-2023 16:00
  
  At 10-years-old, Dorothy Jean Tillman earned her associate’s degree. At 12, she received her bachelor’s. At 14, her Master’s. And most recently, the 17-year-old Chicago native, the granddaughter of former Alderwoman Dorothy Tillman, just earned her doctorate from Arizona State University. 
  “I am now Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman, DBH, since successfully defending my dissertation last week,” Tillman wrote in a recent Instagram post.
     
   
   
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• Black-Owned Brand Creates Travel Gear Celebrating Kids of Color

  03-12-2023 15:15
  
  By BlackNews.com
  Over half of all children in the United States are children of color. That’s why Dutchess and Duke, a new kids’ travel gear company, has embarked on a mission to revolutionize the world of travel gear for children by addressing the lack of representation for children of color.
  The company specializes in creating high-quality backpacks, luggage, and travel accessories that predominantly feature children of diverse backgrounds, including African-American, Hispanic, Asi
  
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• Duckworth Announces $500K for Workforce Development in Chicago and East St. Louis

  03-12-2023 14:45
  
  Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has secured $500,000 in funding for Illinois’s Revolution Workshop. The money, obtained through a Fiscal Year 2023 Congressionally Directed Spending Request, will be sent by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration. This financial support aims to bolster the workshop’s 12-week pre-apprenticeship construction job training program.
  This Duckworth-secured federal funding will help grow Revolution Workshop’s skills t
  
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• White Student Charged After Beating Black Peer While Using Racial Slurs

  03-12-2023 14:30
  
  Photo: Getty Images
  A Kansas high school student is facing charges after video showed he beat a Black female student while hurling racial slurs in the hallway.
  According to the Kansas City Star, a white 15-year-old male was charged with felony aggravated battery in connection to the racist attack on a Black sophomore student at Shawnee Mission East High School.
  The incident led to dozens of students walking out of class on Monday (November 27) in protest of the district’s handling of the a
  
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