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Ebony Alert System Approved
November 17, 2023
California is addressing the disproportionate representation of Black individuals in missing persons cases by introducing the nation’s first Ebony Alert system.
Forensics studies professor provides insight into Shakeira Rucker case
November 17, 2023
It's been six days since Shakeira Rucker, a Winter Springs mother of four, disappeared.
Fighting For Equal Exposure: Black And Missing Foundation
November 16, 2023
Each year, hundreds of thousands of people go missing in the United States. Although African Americans represent thirteen percent of the population, people of color make up roughly forty percent of missing persons cases.
Ebony Alerts enacted to find missing Black youth
November 16, 2023
On Oct. 8, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 673 into law, creating the new Ebony Alert System for missing Black youth and young women which will be put into place by the California Highway system starting Jan. 1, 2024.
25 years later, a Georgia mother isn’t giving up on finding her missing daughter
November 16, 2023
Sky'Kemmia Pate was just 8 years old when she vanished from her family's porch in Unadilla, Ga., — a town roughly 45 miles outside of Macon — on Sept. 4, 1998.
In rare move, D.C. police bump missing woman’s case to major crime unit
November 11, 2023
Chyna Crawford has not been seen since Oct. 23. D.C. police say her disappearance is "suspicious."