Head Start Success Story: Thomas Parker

Head Start Success Story: Thomas Parker

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Now, after expanding and building new pathways to success as the first African-American superintendent for Allentown public schools in Allentown, Pennsylvania, he continues to use the guiding framework in his new role as Executive in Residence and Program Officer with the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

Black America’s Cultural Giants Lost in 2025 - Hudson Valley Press

By Stacy M. Brown The losses came steadily in 2025, not as a single rupture but as a quiet procession. Voices that once filled sanctuaries, arenas, studios, television screens, and living rooms went still. The year closed with Black America taking inventory not only of who died, but of what each life carried into the culture and what now remains behind. From gospel and soul to film, television, activism, and sport, the deaths cut across generati…