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Researchers are working to preserve Black languages like African American English and Black American Sign Language and reduce stigma around them.

The Smith family consists of multiple generations of deaf people that have gone viral after several family members shared videos of their lives on TikTok, including a recent one of the cousins having a surprise sleepover at their grandparents’ house.

“Sign language is as necessary as it is beautiful,” she writes in a new essay for ELLE.

An unwell but ever-present Mayor Don Hall oversaw Monday night’s regularly-called City Council meeting.

Mimbs died Friday night, leaving the community in disbelief.

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Three Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center officers have been arrested on allegations they helped inmate have access to contraband inside the jail.

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TikTok helps preserve deaf Black American sign language Nakia Smith tells her followers about differences between her language and the standard American Sign Language (ASL) AFP May 24, 2021 NEW YORK: "English is not my first language," writes Nakia Smith on her TikTok account, although the 22-year-old grew up in Texas. The young African American woman has been deaf since birth, and uses her large online following to promote her little-known dialect: Black American Sign Language. In her video c...