How Two Women Are Trying To Bring Home The Black And Missing
In 2014, 239,593 people of color in the U.S. went missing — that was 37 percent of all missing person cases, according to the FBI.
Black and Missing Foundation’s Natalie Wilson discusses abductions of people of color and annual 5K race
Natalie Wilson and Derrica Wilson, founders of the Black and Missing Foundation Inc., are sisters-in-law. The pair co-founded the organization to help minority families who are searching for loved ones, a segment of the community that is often omitted from milk cartons, billboards and news headlines.
Black and missing in America: advocates call for more help
Derrick Butler has good days and bad days when it comes to the emotional roller coaster of dealing with missing loved ones. Sadness, frustration, anger, he feels them all.
Local and national groups help in search for Crystal 10-year-old
The push to find a missing 10-year-old boy from Crystal remained strong Friday as national and local groups offered help to solve his disappearance.
Where is Relisha? A year later, many still long to find ‘everybody’s child.’
One year ago, 8-year-old Relisha Rudd vanished. The second-grader had been living with her mother and three brothers in a grimy shelter for homeless families at the former D.C. General Hospital.
Black and Missing in America: Why We Speak Up for This Often Ignored and Voiceless Group
When the Black and Missing Foundation, Inc began in 2008, 30 percent of all persons missing were of color. Sadly, that number has grown — seemingly to a new record setting incline.
TALK ON DCN: Natalie & Derrica Wilson “Black & Missing”
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Two years after Sage Smith’s disappearance, family wants answers over discrepancies in missing person cases
This week, two years after 2011 Charlottesville High School graduate Sage Smith disappeared, city officials announced they would add $10,000 to the reward fund in her case as well.
Black and Missing Foundation, Inc Statement Regarding Carlesha Freeland-Gaither Being Found Alive
With the great news that Carlesha Freeland-Gaither has been found alive, it shows that collectively we (law enforcement, media and community) all play a vital role in finding our missing.
Police, Volunteers Continue Search For Relisha Rudd On Missing Girl’s Birthday
D.C. police officers and volunteers from a group dedicated to publicizing cases of missing people of color gathered in three city locations last evening to search for information — any information — that could lead to Relisha Rudd.