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This July 2019 image provided by the Sarah Cannon Research Institute shows Victoria Gray on her infusion day during a gene editing trial for sickle cell disease at the Sarah Cannon Research Institute and The Children’s Hospital At TriStar Centennial in Nashville, Tenn. Ms. Gray, the first patient to test the treatment, shared her experience with researchers at a scientific conference in 2023. She described suffering with terrible bouts of pain since childhood and receiving high-dose pain medications and sometimes blood transfusions. She described feeling she “was being reborn” the day she got the gene therapy.

This July 2019 image provided by the Sarah Cannon Research Institute shows Victoria Gray on her infusion day during a gene editing trial for sickle …

Published on December 14, 2023

Jeremy Hodges walks Monday onto his family’s storage unit in Houma, La., an area that was devastated by Hurricane Ida that struck Sunday with winds over 150 mph.

Jeremy Hodges walks Monday onto his family’s storage unit in Houma, La., an area that was devastated by Hurricane Ida that struck Sunday with winds …

Published on September 2, 2021

Mortician Shawn Troy stands at the grave of his father, William Penn Troy Sr., at Hillcrest Cemetery outside Mullins, S.C., on Sunday, May 23, 2021. The elder Troy, who developed the cemetery, died of COVID-19 in August 2020, one of many Black funeral directors to succumb to the pandemic. “I don’t think I’ll ever get over it,” he said. “But I’ll get through it.”

Mortician Shawn Troy stands at the grave of his father, William Penn Troy Sr., at Hillcrest Cemetery outside Mullins, S.C., on Sunday, May 23, 2021. …

Published on September 16, 2021

In this 1921 image provided by the Library of Congress, smoke billows over Tulsa, Okla. An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dashing an effort to obtain some measure of legal justice by survivors of the deadly racist rampage.

In this 1921 image provided by the Library of Congress, smoke billows over Tulsa, Okla. An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations …

Published on July 13, 2023

In this file photo, R. Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Court building in Chicago on June 6, 2019. Accusers and others demanding accountability for the R&B superstar over allegations that he was abusing young women and girls for decades say it took so long to get to a guilty verdict in part because his targets were Black. R. Kelly was convicted Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, in his sex trafficking trial in federal court in New York.

In this file photo, R. Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Court building in Chicago on June 6, 2019. Accusers and others demanding accountability for the …

Published on September 30, 2021

Djifa Lee, a second grade teacher at Saunders Elementary, center, stands with her daughter as she speaks in front of the Newport News School Board at the Newport News Public Schools Administration building Tuesday. Community members spoke about issues and solutions to violence in schools following the shooting at Richneck Elementary by a 6-year-old that left a teacher in critical condition.

Djifa Lee, a second grade teacher at Saunders Elementary, center, stands with her daughter as she speaks in front of the Newport News School Board …

Published on January 19, 2023

In this photo from Aug. 12, 2017, newspaper photographer Ryan M. Kelly captures the moment when driver James A. Fields Jr. plows into the crowd of counterprotesters during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville.

In this photo from Aug. 12, 2017, newspaper photographer Ryan M. Kelly captures the moment when driver James A. Fields Jr. plows into the crowd …

Published on December 14, 2018

Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry were juniors returning to campus from a class trip Nov. 13, 2022, when authorities say they were killed by a fellow student identified as Petersburg High School graduate and former UVA football player Christopher Darnell Jones Jr.

Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry were juniors returning to campus from a class trip Nov. 13, 2022, when authorities say they were …

Published on March 2, 2023

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams ends her challenge to Republican Brian Kemp during a news conference Nov. 16 at her Atlanta headquarters while pledging to file a federal lawsuit over the “gross mismanagement” of the state’s elections.

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams ends her challenge to Republican Brian Kemp during a news conference Nov. 16 at her Atlanta headquarters while pledging to …

Published on November 24, 2018

Jharrel Jerome celebrates after receiving an Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie for “When They See Us,” the Netflix miniseries by Ava DuVernay about the five teens wrongly convicted for the 1989 rape of a jogger in New York’s Central Park. He dedicated his win to the five, now known as the Exonerated Five.

Jharrel Jerome celebrates after receiving an Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a limited series or movie for “When They See Us,” the Netflix miniseries …

Published on September 27, 2019

Participants in the Spelman College 136th commencement celebrate in College Park, Ga., in May 2023. Historically Black colleges and universities, which had seen giving from foundations decline in recent decades, have seen an increase in gifts —- particularly from corporations and corporate foundations over the past several years.

Participants in the Spelman College 136th commencement celebrate in College Park, Ga., in May 2023. Historically Black colleges and universities, which had seen giving from …

Published on January 25, 2024

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