Third Place
Lacy Atkins
San Francisco Chronicle
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"Even Odds"
Over the past decade, the number of African American men killed on the streets of Oakland nearly matched the number who graduated from its high schools ready to attend a state university.
African American boys in Oakland are more likely to miss school, be suspended or incarcerated than any other students.Over the past decade, the number of African American men killed on the streets of Oakland nearly matched the number who graduated from its high schools ready to attend a state university.Against this backdrop of failure and death, school officials became the first in the nation to create a department with the sole focus of helping African American males while sponsoring a charter school specifically for black boys. These are the ways the city has attempted to address the struggles and loss that African American males face in Oakland. Kindergartener Isaiah Cummings counts as he works on a mathematical question during class, at the100 Black Men Community Charter School in Oakland, Calif.
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