CBS INTERVIEW
JUNE 30, 2021
BY TIM MCNICHOLAS
Brigette Brantley from The Bronx had 18 ,134 reasons to support the president’s loan forgiveness plan.
Now she and other local borrowers wonder whether President Biden can revive his debt relief efforts. But experts say the new approach could be struck down too.
Black History Month: The Power of Progress
FEB. 17, 2022
BY SPECTRUM NEWS STAFF NEW YORK CITY
NY1 celebrates New York City trailblazers and changemakers in a special Black History Month presentation, “The Power of Progress.”
Protester Whose NY1 Interview Went Viral Plans to Travel Country to Talk About Racial Injustice This Summer
JUNE 12, 2020
BY RUSCHELL BOONE
When Brigette Brantley said, "The government gave $1,200 to people to survive on in March. What you thought was gonna happen? They took summer youth away from the youth. What you thought was gonna happen?", her words quickly made her Internet famous.
When systemic racism meets the coronavirus, Black women suffer economically
AUGUST 13, 2020
BY CHABELI CARRAZANA
The original pandemic, racism, has ensured Black women have been at a disadvantage in every conceivable arena — hiring, education, health care, banking — victims of the incomplete crawl toward change. Now, coronavirus-induced economic turmoil has rotted away what little safety net many of these women could rely on.
Bronx Teacher Who Went Viral is Taking Dozens to the March on Washington
AUGUST 27, 2020
BY RUSCHELL BOONE
Brigette Brantley and her 8-year-old son Jesiah are getting ready for the March on Washington.
The 2020 March on Washington introduces young students to a new civil rights movement
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
BY CHABELI CARRAZANA
Brigette Brantley, a teacher from the Bronx, took kids and parents to D.C. to watch history unfold.