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Is The Next Michael Phelps A Black Teenager?

“I think as I get older …I’m going to need to take—play a key role in kind of integrating swimming…
A New Low? Police Beating Victim Charged With Resisting Arrest, Assault

Tatyana Hargrove is scarred, angry and hobbling on crutches. Hargrove, 19, from Bakersfield, California, said she was harassed by police…
When Racial Profiling Goes Wrong: Cops Pull Over Fla.’s State Attorney

Aramis Ayala, Florida’s first and only Black elected state attorney, is still trying to figure out why she was abruptly…
The Soundtracks Of Our Lives: My Picks For The Best Movie Soundtracks Of All Time

When was the last time you left a movie theater thinking about the songs you heard throughout out the film?…
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Almost Cool Dad: The Father I’ve Become

Before actually becoming a father, I always thought that I’d be the super strict disciplinarian type like James Evans in…
Ignoring KKK Is The Right Thing To Do In Charlottesville

The KKK is coming to Charlottesville, Virginia. The white-hooded, white supremacist group is planning a rally in Charlottesville on July…
Maryland Governor's Race

  Ben Jealous and Rushern Baker have taken different professional paths over the years but they now have one common…
Nasir Andrews Goes Viral To End Bullying And She’s Only 9 Years Old

Nasir Andrews is only 9 years old but she’s pleading for someone to help stop the racial bullying she’s experiencing…
Black Music Month: Hold That Title

It’s African-American Appreciation Month and sometimes even we get stumped by a musical question. Last week on “Arsenio Hall Monday,”…
Black Police Save GOP Lives

“Had they not been there I think it would have been a massacre. The field, I mean, was basically a…
We Need To Talk About Suicide

Suicides among Black teenagers continue to rise at startling rates. Consider these sobering facts: For the first time, the suicide…
Free Speech Or Hate Speech?

So much for free speech. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor of African-American studies at Princeton University, decided to cancel her public…
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