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• Black, Missing, and Invisible in Police Records

  24-03-2024 15:00
  
  A teddy bear lays on a tossed sofa in the ally a few doors down were Shantieya Smith’s body was found in 2019. Photo by Sebastian Hidalgo for City Bureau
  By Trina Reynolds-Tyler, Invisible Institute, and Sarah Conway, City Bureau
  This story is part five of Chicago Missing Persons, a two-year investigation by City Bureau and Invisible Institute, two Chicago-based nonprofit journalism organizations, into how Chicago police handle missing person cases reveals the disproportionate impact on Bl
  
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• MSI’s Black Creativity Experience: A Vibrant Black Art Celebration

  24-03-2024 14:00
  
  The Museum of Science and Industry threw a Black art party and invited out the community. 
  A month after the South Side museum hosted its acclaimed Black Creativity Gala, featuring over 100 works by professional and emerging Black artists, it opened its doors again for the “Black Creativity Experience: Art. Music. Party.”, allowing the general public to enjoy the program’s Juried Art Exhibition. 
  Visitors had the rare chance to engage with the artists behind these wor
  
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• Black Student Fighting Mormon University’s Hair Policy To Keep His Locs

  24-03-2024 13:30
  
  Photo: BackyardProduction / iStock Editorial / Getty Images
  A Black college student is locked in a months-long dispute with his Mormon school over the length of his locs, which he considers an important cultural symbol. According to The Guardian, Kanaan VyShonne Barton is fighting with Brigham Young University (BYU)-Hawaii over their hair policy, which requires students to keep their hair “neatly trimmed” under an “honor code.”
  Barton alleges Jonathan Kalaonalani Kau, th
  
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• Questions Surround Death Of Black Army Veteran Who Died In Jail Cell

  24-03-2024 13:00
  
  Photo: Getty Images
  A mother is seeking answers after her son died while in custody of the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia, 11 Alive News reports.
  According to the sheriff’s office, Christopher Collins, a 27-year-old U.S. Army veteran, experienced a medical emergency in his cell at the DeKalb County jail on March 13. An onsite medical team responded to Collins’ cell before paramedics arrived and took him to the hospital.
  Collins died two days later on March 15.
  The ve
  
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