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Construction of a migrant memorial on the city's South Side continues this week.

Photos of the Week

San Antonio’s Week in Photos, June 23-29

by Bria Woods July 1, 2024

Images of a memorial for 53 migrants killed in 2022, a 15-foot doll at the Pearl and more make up the past week’s top photos.

Josh Simpkins takes a break from work to cradle his 11-month-old son Caleb. His wife Veronica Simpkins sits next to him. She is a former nurse and the co-founder of Latched Support, a nonprofit working to provide services, materials and educational resources to families in San Antonio.

‘Who do we vent to?’: A portrait of Black fathers creating their own community in San Antonio

by Raquel Torres and Bria Woods June 23, 2024June 25, 2024

‘Why is it still happening?’ Black San Antonio mothers fight maternal mortality rates

by Raquel Torres and Bria Woods April 29, 2024April 29, 2024

Draedyn Daniels shoots a basketball while playing at the Boys and Girls Club Eastside branch on April 1, 2021. A new report from the San Antonio Area Foundation and the San Antonio Area African American Community Fund recommends new education policies to address current discrimination Black students experience.

New report ‘gives us a baseline’ on inequities within SA’s Black community

by Iris Dimmick January 31, 2022

Melanie Brooks stands in the cemetery of her relatives. "We want to forget" she says in response to the lack of taught history of the African-American population.

San Antonio’s Hidden Black History And The Struggle to Tell It

by Brendan Gibbons February 4, 2018January 31, 2020

Local activist and organizer Mike Lowe leads the march while documenting the event on his smartphone. Photo by Scott Ball.

#BlackLivesMatter Activists: ‘Wake Up, San Antonio’

by Camille Garcia July 9, 2016October 7, 2016