Aallyah Wright
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Rural Issues Reporter @capitalbnews 🌎 Frmr: Mississippi Today | Stateline | 2022 @maynardinst Fellow✨ Mississippi Delta born and bred.
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https://capitalbnews.org/author/aallyah-wright/ 26-02-2014 00:52:43
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Growing up, all I heard from my parents were stories of Black LA in the 70s & 80s and how over time everything they knew about the city had changed. People were disappeared My latest is on LA finally acknowledging this through its new plan for reparations capitalbnews.org/los-angeles-ca…
Good morning y’all! In some cool news, I’ll be more focused on disability coverage at The Associated Press, which I’m so excited about. If you’re a disability researcher, advocate and/or living with a disability yourself, hit my line! [email protected]. I’ll do my best to get to everyone!
Last week, I visited Indianapolis for the first time to snag a few interviews with Indiana’s maternal mortality committee for my Pulitzer Center StoryReach project on Black maternal health. I ended up waiting *five hours* — but it was well worth the wait. #Shoeleatherreporting
Hundreds of places in the US said racism was a public health crisis. What's changed? My latest for The Associated Press apnews.com/article/1f9883…
The Black North Carolina sheriff handling Javion MaGee's case says the 21 y/0 couldn't have been lynched bc "there was not a knot in the rope." MaGee's family is calling for “truth” after the sheriff dismissed the possibility, Christina Carrega reports capitalbnews.org/javion-magee-n…