Kierra Gray is a masters student at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism studying broadcast and print. She graduated from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor in 2014 after concentrating in Women's Studies, Afro-American and African Studies, and Writing. Kierra is passionate about social justice topics, including race, gender, and health disparities.
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Report: Racial Justice in Education Requires Investment in Black America
Black Americans’ educational equality has improved in the last year, but college graduation rates and access to high-quality elementary and secondary education remains a problem, according to a major survey by the National Urban League — which wants Congress to ramp up early childhood education and provide more federal aid to black college students.
State of Black America: Engaged, Underrepresented, Still Unequal
Eight years into the nation's first African-American presidency and amid an increasingly racialized election cycle, what can we say about the state of black America? According to a new report by the National Urban League, it’s mixed: African Americans have made strides but a clear opportunity gap persists.