Foundation Puts Spotlight On Missing African Americans
The escape of the three missing women in Cleveland generated joyous news coverage and fixed the spotlight on the number of children still missing.
Are Missing People Of Color Getting The Same Kind Of Attention As Their White Counterparts?
The news this past week has been dominated by the amazing escape of three women from a real-life house of horrors in Cleveland, Ohio. Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight vanished between 2002 and 2004.
National attention rarely highlights missing minority children
The discovery of three missing Ohio women held hostage for almost 10 years has brought national attention to those who are abducted and go missing daily.
Vanished: Allean Logan disappeared 13 years ago, and case is still unsolved
African Americans often say that black people who go missing are rarely covered by local or national media outlets. Local police departments often acknowledge this.
Less attention for missing minorities
CNN's Don Lemon discusses the issue of missing minorities getting less media coverage than white children and adults.
Mother petitions Obama to bring allegedly kidnapped daughter back from Africa
The inside of a midsize storage unit in Prince George's County, Maryland, is stacked, floor to ceiling, with the belongings that tell the story of Unique Harris' life interrupted.
People Magazine Update – Shining a Light
Since we ran our Feb. 18 story about sisters-in-law Derrica and Natalie Wilson's Black and Missing Foundation, their mission has expanded.
Thousands of African-Americans Go Missing Every Year. They Help Find Them.
In May 2004 Tamika Huston, a 24-year-old African-American woman, vanished from her Spartanburg, S.C., apartment. Though her family sent e-mails, put up flyers and called newspapers and TV stations-the national media skipped the story.
Natalie and Derrica Wilson Help Find the Missing
One spring day in 2004 a young African-American woman named Tamika Huston vanished from her Spartanburg, S.C., apartment.
Black and Missing Foundation Inc Founders to Appear on ABC’s The View to Bring National Attention to Missing Persons of Color Like Unique Harris
Black and Missing Foundation Inc (BAM FI) founders Derrica Wilson and Natalie Wilson will appear on ABC's The View to bring national attention and exposure to missing persons of color.