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A Birmingham Prom 50 Years in the Making
Class of '63 finally gets a ball that was denied to those who participated in the Children's March.
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Intimate Look at the Williams Sisters
Director explains how Venus and Serena doc explores the way their enigmatic dad shaped their lives.
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Help! My Black Nephew Thinks He's Yellow
Our Race Manners columnist answered your burning questions in a Reddit Ask Me Anything. Check out her answers!
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19 Things Every HBCU Grad Knows
Because you learn quickly that it's nothing like A Different World. At all.
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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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Was Rapper Danny Brown Sexually Assaulted by a Fan?
White female rapper Kitty Pryde argues in a provocative post at Noisey that fellow rapper Danny Brown was sexually assaulted when a fan rushed the stage and began performing oral sex on him -- so why is everyone blaming the victim?
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