Bring That Week Back: HS Senior Battling Cancer Dies Day After Graduation
Plus, Oakland Raiders give student a shopping spree.
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HS Senior Suffering from Cancer Dies After Early Graduation - Yale-bound high school senior given shopping spree by Oakland Raiders; prominent historian and friend of MLK Jr. dies, plus more national news. -- Natelege Whaley Yeastie Gates, 17, died the day after her principal, family and friends gathered in her hospital room for an early graduation ceremony. Gates suffered from cancer since she was a toddler. Recurring radiation treatment eventually damaged her lungs. Her family knew she would not make it to her June 4 graduation and went forth in honoring her. (Photo: Yeatise Gaines via Facebook)
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Yale-Bound HS Senior Given Shopping Spree by Oakland Raiders - Yale University-bound Akintunde Ahmad was given a nice shopping spree courtesy of his hometeam, the Oakland Raiders on Tuesday. The outstanding high school senior was accepted into several top colleges, has a 5.0 GPA, was Oakland's student athlete of the year and plays three instruments. (Photo: Courtesy of KGO TV)
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Prominent Historian and Friend of MLK Jr. Dies - Dr. Vincent G. Harding, who wrote Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero and There Is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America, has passed away at the age of 82. Harding was born in Harlem, New York, and obtained his Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago in 1965. (Photo:Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post/Getty Images)
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Cornell William Brooks Is NAACP's New Leader - Meet Cornell William Brooks, the new CEO and president of the NAACP. He was selected over the weekend to fill the position, succeeding Benjamin Todd Jealous. "I am a beneficiary of the Brown v. Board of Education case and a beneficiary of the NAACP’s rich legacy,” Brooks said in an interview with BET.com. (Photo: J. AdamsAP Photo/NAACP)
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'Hood Disease' Holds Inner-City Youth Back, Study Says - Inner-city youth cannot focus on their studies as 30 percent suffer from a more complex form of post-traumatic stress, called "hood disease," doctors of Harvard have said. Food insecurity is also an issue that triggers stressors for these students, CBS San Francisco reports. (Photo: KPIX5/ CBS Local News San Francisco)
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NPR's 'Tell Me More' Canceled - National Public Radio's only show targeting African-Americans and other people of color has been canceled. "Tell Me More" will stop airing on Aug. 1. Twenty-eight people will lose their positions in an effort to end budget deficits at the radio station. (Photo: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Ceremony to Mark First African-Owned Home in Boston - Governor Deval Patrick will officiate a ceremony in Boston, marking the location where the first woman of African descent owned a home from 1670 to 1699 — the year she sold it. Zipporah Potter Atkins' was born free when many other Africans were enslaved. (Photo: Alex Trautwig/Getty Images)
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City in Tennessee Bans Saggy Pants - Pikeville, Tennessee, has banned their residents from wearing sagging pants. If a person wears their pants three inches below the top of their hips, they will be fined $25 for the first offense. Repeat offenders will be hit with $50 fines. (Photo: Commercial Appeal /Landov)
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Chicago Baby Starved to Death by Parents - Markisha Jones, 19, and Gene Edwards, 22, have been arrested for involuntary manslaughter after their seven-month-old baby died of starvation. The parents allegedly fed baby Mya water and cereal instead of formula to save money. (Photo: Courtesy Barrington Police Department)