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Zendaya to Produce, Star in Thriller About a Black Woman Passing as White Near the Start of the 20th Century
The buzz around Hollywood is that Spider-Man co-star Zendaya will both produce and star in a thriller based on the real-life story of a black woman at the turn of the 20th century who passed for white so she could attend Vassar College. According to Deadline, Zendaya’s pitch package for A White Lie is the…
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Black Man in Louisiana to Be Freed From Prison After Judge Overturned 1974 Conviction, but He Still Has to Pay $2,000 Bail
Updated Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, 5:35 p.m. EST: Many of you have asked how you can help Wilbert Jones. This fundraising page, which the Innocence Project New Orleans sent us, has been set up to help Jones “rebuild his life after 45 years of wrongful incarceration.” Earlier: Wilbert Jones was 19 years old when police…
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Fight to Save an African-American Burial Ground Continues in Bethesda, Md.
A group of supporters fighting to save the site of an African-American burial ground in Bethesda, Md., gathered at a church across the street from the cemetery to demonstrate Sunday. According to WTOP-TV, the Macedonia Baptist Church on River Road was once part of a thriving community of freed slaves. “This is really a protest…
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Maxine Waters Leads an ‘Impeach 45’ Chant at the Glamour Women of the Year Ceremony
Your Auntie Maxine Waters showed up and showed out Monday night at the Glamour Women of the Year ceremony in New York City. As the California congresswoman was wrapping up her remarks and receiving a standing ovation from the crowd, she began shouting, “Impeach 45!” and encouraged the gathered crowd to join her. And join…
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#Flint: 1,299 Days of No Clean Water, but State Advisory Committee Says ‘Nothing to Discuss’
Tuesday marks day 1,299 that the people of Flint, Mich., have been without clean water. There doesn’t seem to be an end in sight. Meanwhile, the advisory committee appointed by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to address public health concerns related to the lead-contaminated water crisis has canceled its fourth consecutive meeting because it doesn’t believe…
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FBI Releases Hate Crime Statistics for 2016: Majority of Offenders Were White
On Monday the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program released its annual Hate Crime Statistics Report, which is a compilation of bias-motivated incidents that have been reported throughout the United States. The report provides information on the offenses, victims, offenders and locations of hate crimes. The latest report, which reflects bias-related incidents reported for the year…
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Elon Musk Says Black Employee Filing Lawsuit Should 'Be Thick-Skinned And Accept Apology'
Updated Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, 12:10 a.m. EST: For all of those who were in shock that a company like Tesla could have a racism problem, here’s an update that will surely blow your hair back. Justin T. Westbrook of our sister site Jalopnik reports that included in Vaughn’s complaint is the following quote from…
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WikiLeaks, Donald Trump Jr., Drama, Lies and Deception
Previously on White House Apprentice, Congress continued its many different investigations into just how the Russians interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. As part of those investigations, attorneys for Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son, were required to turn over to congressional investigators secret direct messages that were passed back and forth on…
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Don’t (re)Touch My Hair: Photographer Apologizes for Photoshopping Lupita Nyong’o’s Hair on Magazine Cover
The photographer who “smoothed” actress Lupita Nyong’o’s hair for the cover of Grazia magazine has apologized, saying he made an “incredibly monumental mistake.” Photographer An Le, who was born in Saigon, Vietnam, but now lives in and runs a studio in New York City, added that changing Nyong’o’s hair was an “unbelievably damaging and hurtful…
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LeBron James and His Cleveland Cavaliers Teammates Rode a NYC Subway Train ‘Like Real Citizens’ Monday Morning
LeBron James took his first-ever ride on a New York City subway train with his teammates from the Cleveland Cavaliers, and he filmed it so that all his fans could enjoy his trip right along with him. The Cavaliers were in New York to face off against the Knickerbockers (hahaha, I’m going to keep doing…
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