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California’s Ebony Alert System Aims to Bring More Attention to Missing Black Girls and Women
February 8, 2024
In a landmark move to address racial disparities in missing persons cases, California passed the nation's first Ebony Alert system.
Missing people of color ‘shunned’ by the media, advocates say
January 29, 2024
The media has long highlighted cases involving missing white Americans, yet nearly 40% of the nation’s missing are people of color.
New bill aims to create a statewide alert system to help find missing Black children
January 4, 2024
A new bill would create a statewide alert system to help find missing Black children.
California’s ‘Ebony Alerts’ for missing Black youth go into effect
January 2, 2024
On Jan. 1, California's law designed to aid young Black people who go missing officially went into effect. Here's what it does.
8-year-old Shy’Kemmia Pate disappeared in 1998. Her family still hopes for answers
January 1, 2024
Shy’Kemmia Pate went missing from her home in Georgia more than 25 years ago, when she was eight years old. Her family is still hoping for answers.
Black people disappearing, disregarded becoming ‘crisis’, what’s being done about it?
January 1, 2024
More leaders are now acknowledging the crisis of Blacks going missing and receiving little or no public attention. So California has passed into law the "Ebony Alert" system to help locate missing minorities who often go ignored.