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     When she takes the field in September, the Norfolk State University graduate and health and physical education teacher will do so as the first Black woman to work as a referee in the NFL. She’ll also be just the second woman to wear the zebra stripes. Sarah Thomas, who worked last month’s Super Bowl, is the other.

The basketball league committed to donating $3 million to HBCUs and pandemic relief initiatives during an array of events which occured in Atlanta on Sunday. The United Negro College Fund and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund—two organizations dedicated to eliminating socio-economic barriers that stand in the way of pursuing a college education—were each awarded $500,000.

“Children are detained and subject to further abuse,” Jefferson declared.
    In many cases, when a child goes missing, parents are told to delay reporting for 24 hours.
     Jefferson called such a delay a denial of justice that [could] lead to the death of those missing.
     “Police misinform or misuse infor-mation provided by the families to include an emphasis on depression, behavior or conduct disorders, and isolation,” Jefferson demanded. “These factors lessen the chance of defining the person as missing.”
     Ultimately, the missing person is viewed through the lens of voluntarily being absent or willfully not wanting to be located, Jefferson added.
     AAJJP officials also expressed concern about trafficking.

     Non-Hispanic Black males now have the lowest life expectancy of any group. The new data shows that African Americans on average live six years less in life expectancy than Whites. The Covid-19 pandemic hit Black and Americans harder than any other group of Americans. Underlying health issues and lack of health care were a factor.