Race Studied As a Factor In Blood Lead; Higher Levels Generally Found in...

The Washington Post;  March 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Black children absorb lead more readily into their blood...their second birthdays, the black children had blood-lead levels 62 percent higher than...lead-tainted drinking water. "Black children are getting lead inside the house and on the...

Failing our black children.(Last Word)

Black Issues in Higher Education;  September 23, 2004 ;     544 words ......as they were before the ruling, and Black children throughout the United States are performing...force. Without a good education, many Black children are being prepared for the streets...and death. Without a good education, Black children will be unable to compete with the...

Black children more likely to die from violence than soldiers in Iraq

Chicago Defender;  June 1, 2007 ;     580 words ......The major difference is that far more Black children are dying in Chicago than Chicago soldiers...because deadly violence in the lives of Black children today is a constant, overwhelming reality...described as "ambivalent." For many Black children in America, the war in their ...

Between the Lines: Finally, an LAUSD Plan to Help 'Black' Children

Los Angeles Sentinel;  July 11, 2001 ;     696 words ......LINES: Finally, an LAUSD Plan to Help `Black' Children Last week, the Los Angeles Unified School District made a commitment to "Black" children in danger of being left behind. The...performing children (which include black children)" or the lowest performing schools...

New group setting out to help black children.(Education)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  November 4, 2006 ;     230 words ......Kirklees. The Parents of Black Children Association held its official...question of ability, as black children enter the education system...process that leaves many black children on the fringe of the education...too often what this can lead to. It is now time for parents and ...

POINT OF VIEW: Remembering Mother of 2 Black Children

Los Angeles Sentinel;  June 7, 1995 ;     700+ words ......Remembering Mother of 2 Black Children. Recently, two Black children lost their mother. She...when single mothers of Black children die, this woman was...other single mothers of Black children. She was a pretty woman...promiscuity did not lead to illegitimacy, ...

Black children facing worst crisis since slavery, advocate says....

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  May 25, 1994 ;     692 words ...WASHINGTON _ Black children are facing one of their worst...surveyed 1,004 black adults and 421 black children ages 11 to 17 by telephone in...adults said times are tough for black children, and 77 percent are worried that...

Effective White teachers of Black children: teaching within a community.

Journal of Teacher Education;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......indicate the overwhelming probability that Black children will experience mostly White teachers...effective White public school teachers of Black children. A notable exception are the three...literature on effective Black teachers of Black children, which could be relied on to ...

Black children in extreme poverty hits record high

New Pittsburgh Courier;  May 14, 2003 ;     415 words ......however, another side of the story for Black children. Trends among children living in "extreme...poverty is central to the story of Black children in poverty in the wake of the 1996...That's because more than eight in 10 Black children on AFDC were already poor in 1995...

New Health Report; Black Children Suffering More

Sun Reporter, The;  April 3, 2003 ;     348 words ...Sun Reporter, The 04-03-2003 Black children are more likely than their peers to...in program reductions that will hurt Black children more than others. Researchers said...learning difficulties. Asthma rates for Black children were reported as very high in Bayview...

Why Won't Adoption Agencies Place Black Children?

The Washington Post;  December 22, 1990 ;     698 words ......foreign-born youngsters. Adoptable black children, on the other hand, languish for years...of reasons for the slow placement of black children, but perhaps the most unconscionable...less than enthusiastic about placing black children for adoption, seemingly preferring...

Poverty Rate Soars For Black Children

Sun Reporter, The;  May 22, 2003 ;     374 words ......poverty, but the rate is even higher for Black children and the number of "very poor" Black...low-income families. Some 56.6 percent of Black children and only 24 percent of white children...income of about $7,060. Only 686,000 Black children were that poor in early 2000. Experts...

Homes for Black Children opens new downtown office

Michigan Chronicle;  December 22, 1998 ;     390 words ......Chronicle 12-22-1998 Homes for Black Children opens new downtown office Chronicle Staff Reports Homes for Black Children, the nation's oldest African...Cunningham. The new Homes for Black Children headquarters was formerly a...

Legislature to look at racially lopsided foster care system; Black...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  December 3, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Hopfensperger; Staff Writer RSEC: + Black children are so overrepresented in the state...of Minnesota's children were black, black children made up 22 percent of the children...The disproportionately high number of black children - and minority children in general...

STUDY FINDS NEARLY HALF OF BLACK CHILDREN IN POVERTY

The Boston Globe;  December 11, 1990 ;     543 words ...WASHINGTON - Nearly half of the nation's black children live in poverty and the youngest are...improving the lot of black Americans, said black children under 3 tend to live in families headed...the South, where the poverty rate for black children declined from 43 percentto 37 percent...