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Black Women Have Fun With #ILookLikeAnEngineer Hashtag to Declare ‘We Exist!’
“Yeah, you’re hearing that right.” That about sums up the response women—especially black women—often have to give whenever people express shock to find out that they’re engineers. So it makes sense that the #ILookLikeAnEngineer hashtag on Twitter went viral. Female engineers have been posting photos of themselves to discredit the idea that all engineers are…
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Power Couple Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil Take Their Talents to Warner Bros. TV
These two are unstoppable. Mara Brock Akil and her husband, Salim Akil, are the creative forces (Mara writes the content and Salim shoots ’em) behind some of the best TV ever to feature African-American characters and experiences: Girlfriends, The Game and Being Mary Jane. Those shows have attracted millions of viewers, so it’s only natural that the…
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The Courageous 5 Who Made History in Selma
In 1972, seven years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, abolishing tools and tactics used to disenfranchise Southern black citizens, Selma, Ala.—the crucible of the civil rights movement—elected its first black City Council members since Reconstruction. A huge voter turnout and a shift to district elections in the city where people…
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On Its 50th Anniversary, the Voting Rights Act Is Under Full-Blown Attack
The national commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act takes place against the backdrop of a devastating full-scale assault on the civil rights movement’s signature legislation. For African Americans, the passage of the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6, 1965, represented the culmination of a centuries-long struggle for citizenship. President Lyndon Johnson’s…
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The Voting Rights Act Is 50 Years Old Today. Is It on the Agenda for the Republican Debate?
Tonight’s first Republican presidential debate for the 2016 election falls on the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Will the Grand Old Party’s candidates blow yet another shot to embrace one of the most popular laws of our time? Every four years we see a new media cycle about the Republican National Committee’s efforts to…
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Why I Kept Open an Exhibit Featuring Art Owned by Bill Cosby
I first met Bill and Camille Cosby in the 1970s when I was a professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. My professional and personal relationship with them deepened when, at my inauguration as the president of Spelman College, the Cosbys donated $20 million to that historically black college for women, a gift that helped…
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More Riley Curry Cuteness: Riley Kisses New Baby Sister Ryan
It seems that we can always count on the Curry family to brighten up our day, especially when their 3-year-old daughter, Riley Curry, is involved. NBA champion Stephen Curry posted a couple of photos on his Instagram page that show the latest addition to his family: a new baby girl by the name of Ryan…
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The National Enquirer Publishes a Photo of Bobbi Kristina Brown Lying in Her Hospital Bed
How inappropriate. On Wednesday the National Enquirer published a photo on its website of Bobbi Kristina Brown lying in a hospital bed. They say it was taken right before she died July 26. The Enquirer claims to have additional photos of a deceased Brown that readers can access if they buy the latest issue of the…
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Watch: Taraji P. Henson Battles Terrence Howard During a Lip-Synching Battle and Brings Out Mary J. Blige
It’s a wonderful thing to have friends in high places. Just ask Taraji P. Henson, who seemed like she was already doing pretty well during a lip-synching battle that had her competing against her Empire co-star Terrence Howard. Henson is seen performing Mary J. Blige’s “I’m Fine” in a video clip from Spike TV’s Lip Sync Battle.…
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Why Do Guys Feel the Need to Send Unsolicited Pictures of Their Junk?
Dear Demetria: Why do guys send unsolicited d—k pics? I feel like as I talk to guys, we slowly venture into sexting, then the guy just takes it from zero to 100. I’m interested in him, but the picture just came out of nowhere. Do any girls actually like these things? How do you respond?…
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