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The Easter Speech Is The Original Masterclass of Black Excellence

Long before they became icons, voices like Martin Luther King Jr. and Oprah Winfrey were shaped in the Black church, where generations of children found their first stage and audience through the Easter speech.

Why A League of Voting Rights Group Are Challenging Trump’s Latest Executive Order on Mail-in Ballots

Best Netflix Shows, Movies With Endings You Didn’t See Coming

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‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Dish on What It Takes to be True Bad Boys

Samuel L. Jackson, John David and Malcolm Washington on ‘The Piano Lesson,’ Family and Legacy

Wayne Brady and Maile Brady Tell Us Who Choreographs Their Fun TikTok Dances

Morris Chestnut Tells Us What Song Always Gets Him to the Dance Floor and What You Better Not Bring to a Party at His House

3 Ways to Think Like a Businessman, According to Executive Walter Davis

Why an Ex-Syracuse Basketball Player Chose Deportation to Sudan

John Bol Ajak is headed back home to Sudan after spending more than a month in ICE custody.

Is Medicaid, Childcare on the Chopping Block?

Anti-Affirmative Action Groups are Now Coming for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Scholarships

Brandy Shares Where She Stands Now With Brother Ray J

Black America Reacts to Trump Firing Attorney General Pam Bondi

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Keke Palmer Finally Speaks On That Shocking SXSW Proposal

Keke Palmer is opening up about that shocking and scary impromptu proposal she received at SXSW. But her experience and explanation is sadly one that most women are familiar with.

Brandy Shares Where She Stands Now With Brother Ray J

Eddie Murphy’s Top Movies Ranked By the Box Office, In Honor of His 65th Birthday

Black America Reacts to Shocking Gucci Mane Kidnapping

Meagan Good Finally Responds to Skin Bleaching Backlash

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LeBron James’ Comments About Memphis Have Some Calling Him a Culture Vulture

NBA superstar LeBron James made it plain that he’d rather not have to spend a night in Memphis when he’s on the road. But his comments have garnered a strong reaction online.

By William E. Ketchum III