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What Black High School Grads Need to Hear
Show Me the Numbers: Graduation speakers often opt for tough love. Here's what they should say instead.
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10 Pieces of Advice for Postcollege Life
She Matters: This writer wishes someone had told her these things at her commencement.
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Celebrating Race in the Renaissance
Image of the Week: What's the meaning behind this 16th-century cameo featuring a black and a white face?
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IRS Apology for Tea Party Racists?
If any other group called for the government's demise, the GOP would have a fit.
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HBCUs Are Still Relevant Today
Nearly 159 years after the first HBCU was chartered, Michael Lomax, a contributing editor at The Root and president and CEO of the United Negro College, reflects on the value of the institutions in a piece at CNN.
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Mississippi Inmate Denied DNA Test, Execution Set
Willie Jerome Manning is to be executed on Tuesday after being denied a DNA test that could save his life.
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Watch This: Kris Kross' 10 Best Videos
The popular 1990s duo, whose trademark was wearing their clothing backward, was best-known for their hit "Jump." What were their other hits?
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Lauryn Hill Releases Hot New Track to Meet Deadline
Fans are giving "Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix)" rave reviews on iTunes.
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'Redneck' Day at an Arizona High School?
Members of the student council sponsored the day as part of spirit week. Really?
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Michelle Obama: Gun Violence Has Youths Fearing Death Daily
Students told her after a speech in Chicago last month that "every day they wake up and wonder whether they are going to make it out of school alive."
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Kiera Wilmot Is Why Black Teens Should Avoid Florida
Gregory Kane writes at BlackAmericaWeb that black parents of teens should steer clear of Florida, after lawmakers allowed a gross miscarriage of justice to occur with the arrest and expulsion of Kiera Wilmot over a science experiment.
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How to Weaken a President
Republicans are insulting American voters in their efforts to weaken President Barack Obama by blocking his proposals, argues David Firestone in the New York Times.
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