Black Women and Family

Family of Sonya Massey speaks out

Family of Black woman killed by Illinois police to get $10 million in settlement

The family of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who was fatally shot by police in Illinois in July 2024, will receive $10 million as part of a settlement with officials from Sangamon County, the attorney representing the family said on Wednesday.

The Boston Globe · 1d

Family of Sonya Massey, Black woman shot in home by sheriff’s deputy, accepts $10m settlement

The Sangamon County Board approved the settlement Tuesday night, allowing taxpayers to avoid a drawn-out and likely traumatic lawsuit over the summertime shooting by former deputy Sean Grayson.

USA Today · 1d

Family of Sonya Massey, Black woman fatally shot in face by police, to get $10M settlement

Massey, a Black woman and the mother of two children, was fatally shot in her home by Sean P. Grayson, a Sangamon County sheriff's deputy. She had called 911 to report a possible intruder to her home in an unincorporated neighborhood of Springfield, Illinois.

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The story of two Brooklyn sisters who forged a family of firsts

A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S ...

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Black women in the U.S. are more than 3 times as likely to die in childbirth than white women, according to new data

Overall but racial gaps widened, according to federal health data released Wednesday.

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From a mass grave in Boston, unearthing Black women’s lives

Research on Boston's Home for Aged Colored Women offers a poignant window into a past we only thought we knew.

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Baltimore group provides lifeline for Black women who are caregivers

Binti Circle is a support network that reaches out to Black women who are caregivers. The nonprofit support group gathers in a Baltimore living room on the fourth Friday of each month. Binti in ...

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