Around 100 people gathered at 323 E. Chapel Hill Street in Durham as a federal building was named for business leader and social justice advocate, John Hervey Wheeler. This post is dedicated to the memory of Rep. Elijah Cummings (1951 - 2019). In America, education has always been a key driver of economic opportunity, and equal access to education has always been an obstacle for African Americans. In the past, segregated schools meant that Black students were legally barred from equal access. Today, the student loan debt crisis disproportionately affects Blacks and other students of color, with for-profit colleges aggressively marketing expensive, low-quality programs to people of color. See, e.g., Read more » Recent Articles:
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