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Recognizing the Household Workers on the Front Lines of Protest in Montgomery, Ala., 1955
Sixty years ago, Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Ala., sparked a yearlong boycott that resulted in an end to Jim Crow practices on the city’s buses. The Montgomery Bus Boycott is a pivotal event in the history of the postwar black freedom movement. It propelled the…
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Sean Kingston Claims Kidnapping by Jeweler in $225,000 Watch Dispute
In a bizarre case that began with a dispute over a $225,000 watch, singer Sean Kingston claims that his jeweler kidnapped him last week from a downtown Los Angeles parking lot, drove him to a secluded area and threw him out of the car, according to TMZ. The incident began recently after Kingston bought a…
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Did Tyga and Kylie Jenner Split or What?
Kylie Jenner took to social media Saturday to respond to rumors about a breakup with rapper Tyga. “Everyone needs to chill,” the 18-year-old reality-television star posted on Snapchat with a photo of her cuddled up with Tyga, whose signature tattoos were visible, the Daily Mail reports. Rumors took off Thursday amid claims that Kylie had…
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Tyra Banks Exits FABLife Talk Show After 2 Months
Model-turned-mogul Tyra Banks is leaving syndicated daytime show FABLife after about two months, saying that she wants to focus on building her cosmetics line, according to the Hollywood Reporter. There are currently no plans to replace Banks on the show, which is produced by Disney/ABC, notes the report. But a roster of big name co-hosts and contributors…
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Watch: Trump Supporters Attack Black Activist at Ala. Rally
A black activist was attacked Saturday during a speech by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Birmingham, Ala., according to CBS News. Several recordings show Trump supporters pushing the man and kicking him to the ground. Before the melee, the unnamed man appeared to be shouting “Black lives matter,” which was also…
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Throwback Fathers: Dads’ Involvement in Child Rearing Isn’t New
The movement in this country to treat fathers as equal participants in the parental team is not new. Yet our culture continually projects the view of fathers as secondary or peripheral parents. The phraseology of the “maternal-child” health care system ignores the father’s relevance to the family. The lack of baby-changing tables in men’s bathrooms…
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Blessed by the Blade
Editor’s note: The story was first published by Univision. Despite his rugged looks, this is the man to whom all players on the Miami Marlins baseball team entrust their necks. The former gang member says that “his art” saved his life. His childhood years in a modest barrio changed life for Hugo Tandrón, better known…
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Deranged Woman Accused of Cutting Baby From Womb of NYC Mom
Angelikque Sutton, 22, and Ashleigh Wade, 22, were classmates in the Wakefield section of the Bronx, N.Y., relatives tell the New York Daily News. They recently rekindled their friendship after Wade reached out to Sutton, who was eight-and-a-half months pregnant and preparing for the baby’s arrival Dec. 2. She was registered at thebump.com for items…
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Watch: ‘Knockout’ Video Released in Racist Attack of Elderly Texas Man
The Department of Justice on Friday released a video of a “knockout game” attack against an elderly black man by a white man in a hate crime that resulted in the 29-year-old receiving a six-year federal prison sentence, according to CNN. Last month Conrad Alvin Barrett, 29, of Katy, Texas, was sentenced to six years…
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Princeton Weighs Removing Woodrow Wilson’s Name From Campus Over Racist Ties
Student protests at Princeton University have prompted officials to consider renaming buildings dedicated to former President Woodrow Wilson, who supported racial segregation, which was part of public policy at the time, mostly in Southern states, reports Reuters. The decision came after chief administrators signed a deal late Thursday with student demonstrators to end a 32-hour…
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