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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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Shots Not Heard Round the World in NOLA
This witness to the Mother's Day mayhem that injured 19 wants to know: Why don't more people care?
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Slight Drama Over Obama's Morehouse Commencement Speech
The school is working to accommodate graduation-day remarks by the president and a vocal critic.
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Boston Suspect's Friend in Custody: 'I'm an Average Guy'
A YouTube video uploaded last year shows Robel Phillipos, one of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's three college friends currently held by police.
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Racist Mountain Dew Ad: Everyone Involved Should Have Known Better
In a piece for Clutch magazine, Britni Danielle says that Tyler, the Creator's online commercial -- in which a battered white woman has to pick a suspect out of a lineup consisting of black men and a goat -- peddles stereotypes that black men have been fighting for years.
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On Blue Ivy's Hair: Leave That Baby Alone!
MyBrownBaby's Denene Millner chastises those who have criticized the curls of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's 1-year-old.
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Shade and Faith: How ESPN Buried the Jason Collins Story
Writing at Racialicious, Arturo R. García examines the lackluster treatment the "Worldwide Leader in Sports" gave to one of the biggest stories of the week.
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Pepsi Pulls Ad by Controversial Rapper
An online spot for Mountain Dew created by Odd Future member Tyler, the Creator gets taken down after being described as racist.
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Who Said Blacks Don't Support Immigration Reform?
A civil rights organization, concerned about "a cynical attempt to pit two vulnerable minority communities against one another," is spreading the word about new data.
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After Chris Dorner, Other Fired Officers Step Forward
The ex-cop sought revenge for alleged racist treatment by the LAPD, and other former officers now want their cases reviewed.
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Lil Wayne Apologizes to Emmett Till's Family
Who knew the rapper's ultimate goal was to "uplift rather than degrade the community"?
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