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Turkey Renames Road to U.S. Embassy for Malcolm X, Nixes Trump’s Name From Another Street
The country of Turkey is unexpectedly running in tandem with many majority black communities in the U.S. by naming a street after our gone-too-soon shining black prince, Malcolm X. On Sunday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman Ibrahim Kalin made the announcement that the street leading to the U.S. embassy in Turkey will be named “Malcolm…
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SF Giants Co-Owner Disavows Racist Congressional Ad Featuring Black Women
San Francisco Giants co-owner Charles Johnson is now trying whitesplain his support of a super-PAC which ran a terribly offensive radio ad during a tight congressional race in Arkansas. The ad, which ran in support of Republican Rep. French Hill in his race against Clarke Tucker, a Democrat, is so bad that even the candidates…
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Damn … Luke Cage Knocked Off by Netflix
Looks like we’ll only have Black Panther and Black Lightning to keep our black superhero fix going. We also have Shuri, for those who still read. Netflix and Marvel announced on Friday that Luke Cage, set in Harlem and helmed by Cheo Hodari Coker (along with musical direction by Raphael Saadiq, Adrian Younge, and Ali…
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Ye Stay Oblivious: Hands Out Yeezys to Dictator, Orphans in Uganda
In one of his recent daily missives via TMZ (do the Jenner-Kardashians partially own that site?) Kanye West said he was getting off the Twitters; alas, he has not. Ye and his wife Kim Kardashian, and eldest daughter, North West, are in the East African nation of Uganda to record and complete his next album,…
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Kira Johnson Spoke 5 Languages, Raced Cars, Was Daughter in Law of Judge Glenda Hatchett. She Still Died in Childbirth
By all accounts, Kira Johnson could be described as a phenomenal woman. She traveled extensively, spoke five languages, and even raced cars with her adoring husband of 10 years right by her side. The mother of one son, 19-month-old Charles Johnson V, Kira and her husband were ecstatic when they found out they were having…
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Harvard Honors Colin Kaepernick, Others With W.E.B. Du Bois Medal: ‘Love Is at the Root of Our Resistance’
Alas, to be a fly on the wall at Memorial Hall at Harvard University Thursday afternoon. The room’s very air would be perfumed with the sweet scent of black liberation and excellence as eight prominent, distinguished, and mostly freedom fighting African Americans received the University’s prestigious W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from the Hutchins Center for…
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Stacey Abrams Campaign: Supreme Vote-Suppressor Brian Kemp Needs to Resign as Georgia Secretary of State
As we barrel towards one of the most momentous elections in Georgia’s history, Democrat Stacey Abrams’ campaign is calling on Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp to resign following a report his office is cheating using a rigorous verification process to suppress the votes of thousands of African Americans. As reported by The Root, Kemp…
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Sheriff Insults Colin Kaepernick by Having Prisoners Wear Nike Shirts in Mug Shots
Sheriff Rickey Roberts of the Union County, Ark., Sherriff’s Office, was apparently so incensed that Colin Kaepernick was chosen as a spokesperson for Nike, that he went out, bought some Nike (probably with his company credit card), and decided to humiliate the prisoners in his jail by having them take mug shots in the shirts.…
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Black Man Actually Able to Use Self-Defense Plea After Violent Confrontation Outside Pennsylvania Bar
There is allegedly a right in the U.S. criminal justice system … the right to use deadly force to protect one’s property or to prevent death or bodily harm to one’s person. It is called self-defense. However, this plea usually only works for those of the Caucasian persuasion. There are statistics that bear this out;…
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The Strap Is Got: 50 Cent Signs Nine Figure, Multi-Year Deal With Starz
Looks like 50 Cent is ‘bout to go gorilla, with an unprecedented multi-million dollar deal with premium cable network Starz. Variety exclusively reports that 50, born Curtis Jackson, has signed a four-year deal with Starz, which will cover the development of scripted and unscripted projects through his G-Unit Film & Television company. The deal, said…
