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On a court emblazoned with the words ‘ Black Lives Matter ,’ players wearing BLM warmups knelt and locked arms in a demonstration that technically violated a 39-year-old league rule requiring everyone to stand for the American and Canadian anthems

It hardly resembled the league that abruptly adjourned its season at the onset of the pandemic 141 days ago, but the NBA made its return inside the Disney World bubble on Thursday night as every member of the Pelicans, Jazz, Clippers, and Lakers p

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The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth apologized this week after a photo showing white faculty posing as rappers sparked backlash on social media.

Five seminary professors, including the dean of the School of Preaching, put on bandannas, hoodies and gold chains and used their hands to flash signs for the camera. One held what appeared to be a handgun close to his chest. Written above them graffiti-style are the words “Notorious S.O.P” — a reference to the

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Diversity is profitable, but when will Hollywood get the picture?

Jordan Peele’s Get Out will make you cringe, scream, and feel incredibly uncomfortable—and apparently, people can’t get enough of it.

Since it’s release on February 24, the socially conscious horror flick has raked in over $117 million, as of March 15. This makes Peele the first African American writer and director to earn over $100 million at the box office with a debut feature film. To top it

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Colleges across the U.S. continue to be plagued with fliers promoting racism.

On Monday, multiple fliers posted by members of Vanguard America ― a white supremacy group ― were found on the University of Maryland Campus.

“A notice to all white Americans,” one flier read. “It is your civic duty to report any and all illegal aliens. …They are criminals. America is a white nation.”

“Carry the torch of your people,” another said. It was the third time in three months that fliers were found on the c

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Mike Ilitch paid for Rosa Parks' housing for more than a decade

Mike Ilitch was known for the charitable work he did throughout the city of Detroit, but some people may not know how he helped a civil rights leader.

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For over ten years, the Detroit businessman paid the rent of civil righ

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AFRICAN KNOWLEDGE WAS NOT ONLY PASSED DOWN ORALLY.

The notion that ancient African education was oral and not written is only a myth. In his book, “Reversing Sail: A History of the African Diaspora,” Dr. Michael Gomez, an author and professor of history and Middle Eastern and Islamic studies at New York University, declares that, from 300 B.C. to A.D. 350, the Meroë civilization had developed a writing system of its own.

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AFRICANS WERE LITERATE FAR BEFO

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The month of February is over and those within the United States have officially stopped celebrating Black History Month. Even though Black History Month is over for many people, the truth of the matter is that people of color are always making historical strides. Let’s face it – we are living in a world that refuses to honor and celebrate those who break the glass ceiling.

Because March is designated as Women’s History Month, it’s important to celebrate Stephanie Johnson, Delta Airlines First

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THE BLACK YOUTH IDENTITY CRISIS

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By: Martin M.

At first glance on such a topic, one would wonder, can black youth really suffer from something as common as an identity crisis?

The answer is not as clear as most people may think or expect. See, the average African American can relate to the many past years of s

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By: James Swift, Jr.

While you’ve probably read a lot of modern Arkansas news here, this day in Black history in 1859, Arkansas enacted a law that called for the exile and ban of free Black and mixed people from living within the state. The bill passed on February 12 and needed for Conway—who was all too happy to be rid of Black people in Arkansas—to sign off on it.

The main conditions of the bill gave free Black people until January 1, 1860, to leave Arkansas or they would be sold into slave

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By Victor Ochieng

February is Black History Month, a month set aside in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom for the celebration of events and important people in the African American history.

Because it’s Black History Month, a teacher in a Baton Rouge Catholic School saw fit to ask students to write an essay about the month. It’s a topic that could’ve been quite interesting to write about, especially for someone with a little knowledge of history. One of the students wrote an

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Barbara Ross-Lee, has worked in private practice, for the U.S. Public Health Service, and on numerous committees, and in 1993 was the first African-American woman to be appointed dean of a United States medical school.
 
1. Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1942, and raised in a housing project, Barbara Ross-Lee faced discrimination as a young African American woman.
 
2. Growing up in inner city Detroit, she and her sister, Diana Ross, shared a fondness for show business, performing with their b
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When the 81-year-old woman died in a Maryland suburb just outside the nation’s capital 17 years ago, she was living alone. Neither her few acquaintances nor her neighbors had any idea whether she had any family. But to ensure Hoover received a proper burial, a few good folks managed to piece together an incomplete portrait of a life they barely knew.

Now, all these years later, the blockbuster

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There are many stories of how slaves escaped to freedom. Some of these stories just goes to show that Black people have always been a highly intelligent group. Here are five stories of how some slaves made it to freedom.
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The Huffington Post analyzed the 13 police shooting trials since August 2014 that juries decided. Majority-White juries decided all but two of those case

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The Huffington Post analyzed the 13 police shooting trials since August 2014 that juries decided. Majority-White juries decided all but two of those case

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The director of a West Virginia nonprofit group who was placed on leave after making a racist comment about first lady Michelle Obama on Facebook plans to return to her job this month.

Clay County Development director Pamela Ramsey Taylor made the post following Trump’s election, saying: “It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady in the White House. I’m tired of seeing a Ape in heels.”

The Charleston-Gazette reports a letter from the agency’s acting director Lesl

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One student from the university tweeted out several videos of the scene. In one video several people were heard yelling, 'Let them go!' as police (pictured) tried to 'push protesters' out the door. 'No Nazi's, no KKK, no fascist USA!' protesters chanted.

One student from the university tweeted out several videos of the scene. In one video several people were heard yelling, ‘Let them go!’ as police (pictured) tried to ‘push protesters’ out the door. ‘No Nazi’s, no KKK, no fascist USA!’ protesters chanted.

Hundreds of people protested a white nationalist’s speaking engagement at the Texas A&M University campus Tuesday night.

Several groups protested outside of the student center during and before the appearance by Richard Spencer, who leads a w

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Since its earliest days, the Black Lives Matter movement has been a lightning rod throughout the country and in the media.

It was born out of the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the 2012 killing of the unarmed, African-American teenager, Trayvon Martin, in Florida and grew in response to high-profile deaths of black men and women at the hands of police. It has been a rallying cry for its supporters from all ethnic backgrounds who’d like to see police and others held accountable for the treatm

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The history of the Electoral College is receiving a lot of attention. Pieces like this one,which explores “the electoral college and its racist roots,” remind us ho

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As shoppers were busy making purchases on one of the most crucial shopping days of the year, hundreds of people took to the streets in cities across the country on Friday to protest various issues, including police mistreatment of minorities and retail workers to the fur trade industry.

In Illinois, activists have called for a shopping boycott in Chicago’s downtown on Black Friday as around 400 people gathered in the city’s Magnificent Mile shopping district to demand an elected civilian polic

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