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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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Quote of the Day: J.W.E. Bowen
The minister on our individual capacity to effect change.
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A Brief History of the FBI's Most Wanted Lists
Assata Shakur is just the latest in a long list of black revolutionaries who have been among the FBI's most sought-after criminal suspects, Jamilah King writes at Colorlines.
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Racism in 2013: Just Get Over It?
Writing at the Huffington Post, Theodore Johnson says that "move on" is the most ridiculous of propositions when it comes to concerns about African-American stereotypes.
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My Racist Experience at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
"It's the little indignities that slowly devastate your soul," the Huffington Post's Seema Jilani writes in a piece about what she says was "white privilege on display."
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Aunt Viv: I Felt Demonized, Beaten Up and Crucified
Speaking out about decades-old Fresh Prince drama, Janet Hubert says Will Smith and Alfonso Ribiero were "bad kids."
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Malcolm X's Grandson Killed in Mexico
There are reports that Malcolm Shabazz was thrown off a building or shot as he was being robbed in Tijuana.
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Wet Seal Settles Racial-Discrimination Case
The complaint charged the company with firing black management employees to protect its "brand image."
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How a 'Proud' Lesbian Became a Pol's Wife
She made the transition "by letting myself be as free as I felt when I went natural," Chirlane McCray told Essence magazine.
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Serena Williams Responds to Sloane Stephens
Williams says Stephens "can be the best in the world."
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Ramsey: Criminal Past 'Helped Me Become the Man I Am'
He not only admits to the domestic violence but links it directly to his efforts to rescue three Cleveland women.

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