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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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Anti-Prop 8 Legislation Moved to 2012 Ballot
Some wanted it on the ballot as soon as 2010, but the leaders from Equality California put the kibosh on that...
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Ex-Nebraska Star Lawrence Phillips Faces Up to 25 Years in Prison
With all the health care "debate," you might forgot some Black folks can be crazy as well...
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Women of the Ivy Persuasion Get Offers for Eggs
Jennifer Anyaegbunam writes that a joke among cash-strapped co-eds of the Ancient Eight is considered a very lucrative business with real medical risks...
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Racists Stay Classy with Georgia Rep. David Scott
Why break a sweat over being civil when you can just spraypaint a swastika on something?..
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Clinton Tries Telling Nigeria What to Do
Secretary Clinton on Wednesday urged oil-rich Nigeria to embrace broad political reform and ease tensions that have led to sectarian violence and disrupted energy production in the Niger Delta...
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VIBE Ain't Dead Yet
Let's be honest: It's not like they could end with that Christina Milian/The Dream cover, right?
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Lost in Translation: Hillary Ethered Student Due to Poor Translation
It appears the person translating for the Secretary of State PUNK'D her...
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