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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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  • Mali Forces Search for More Than 3 Suspects in Deadly Hotel Attack

    At least three suspects are being searched for by Malian security forces after allegedly unleashing a deadly assault Friday at the Radisson Blu hotel, killing 27 people, including an American health worker, according to the Associated Press. President Barack Obama said Friday that U.S. officials were still trying to account for other Americans “who may…

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  • 5 Wines That Will Make Thanksgiving Dinner Just Perfect

    The first time sommelier DLynn Proctor fell head over heels for wine, it wasn’t when he was drinking it. Instead, it was while watching a somm, as they are typically called, in action, blind-tasting a deep, rich Italian red wine called Brunello. “I had never seen anything like it,” he said. “It was almost mystical…

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  • 7 Things I Appreciate About America After 10 Days in Brazil 

    I’ve just returned home from a 10-day trip to Brazil. It is worth the mandatory (and exhaustive) visa process to go. Brazil was glorious. It’s everything it looks like in the best photos, but 10 times better in person. The folks who are headed there for the Olympics next year are in for a treat.…

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  • Rihanna Teases a New Website Dedicated to Her Anti Album

    Rihanna gave her Navy superfans some juice Thursday.  There’s been much confusion about when she’s actually releasing her eighth album, Anti. On Thursday she released a landing page for the project, Complex reports, which tells users to visit the site ANTIdiaRy.com on their mobile phones. There, users are instructed to sign in, although the project…

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  • Missy Elliott Drops Gems About Her Career, Like How Timbaland Has Never Seen Her Record a Song 

    Missy Elliott is on a press tour promoting her newest single and video, “WTF (Where They From?),” and she’s revealing a lot of interesting tidbits about her career.  For one, even though she took a hiatus as an artist, she’s been in the studio recording and has enough material for at least six albums.  “If…

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  • Viola Davis: After Sexual Assault, My Sister Went From an Intelligent, Creative Child to an Angry Drug Addict

    Viola Davis takes her philanthropy and advocacy work very seriously, probably because she grew up dirt-poor and often talks about how important it is to empower people from meager and abusive backgrounds. At a benefit event Tuesday for Stuart House, a program that helps child victims of sexual abuse, she opened up about the change…

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  • How Did My Enslaved Kin Get to Va. From Madagascar?

    I have done a lot of research into my family’s Madagascar ancestry, but I want help understanding how my mother’s family got to America. I understand that there were only five ships that legally came from Madagascar to the Colonies and that the slaves from there were obtained by a member of the House of…

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  • Anita Baker Chin-Checks Apple Music on Twitter, Argues It Doesn’t Have the License to Stream Her Music

    Anita Baker probably felt as if Apple Music was adding insult to injury when it sent this tweet out Wednesday. https://twitter.com/AppleMusic/status/667094902245732352 Yep, the music-streaming service was promoting Baker’s work that it had put in a special “80s” playlist. Baker hopped on Twitter and told Apple Music that it didn’t have a “digital licensing agreement” for…

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