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A Forceful Obama Decries Racism and White Supremacy in Eulogy
President Barack Obama tapped into the black church’s soaring rhetorical traditions Friday afternoon to deliver a bold and brilliant eulogy honoring the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, the 41-year-old preacher and state senator who was gunned down, along with eight others, at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. Grace proved to be the theme running…
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Football Coach Allegedly Taunted Justin Combs About Being a Spoiled Brat Whose Last Name Got Him Into UCLA
According to a little birdie that dished out the goods to TMZ Sports, the altercation between Sean “Diddy” Combs and UCLA strength-and-conditioning football coach Sal Alosi wasn’t just a case of an overbearing dad overreacting after seeing a coach get a little rough with his son. Sources told TMZ Sports that Alosi had been taunting Justin Combs about…
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Is That Michael Jackson Moonwalking His Way Through a Lightning Storm?
Michael Jackson did always put on a great show. On June 23, two days shy of the six-year anniversary of the King of Pop’s death, a photographer took a photo of a lightning storm in Goochland County, Va., that, to some, apppears to show a mirage of Jackson doing the moonwalk. The photo became a…
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Black or White: Texas Woman’s Story About Her Recent Discovery Seems a Little Shady
My first real job out of college was working for People magazine. In the early 2000s, I was a stringer for the mid-Atlantic region. The fun part of my job description was running around Washington, D.C., attending events and asking well-known people about their latest project or intimate nuggets about their lives. The grueling part…
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NFL Hall of Famer Warren Sapp Arrested After Allegedly Stepping on Girlfriend’s Face
The police report, obtained by the New York Daily News, describing how Warren Sapp allegedly stepped on his girlfriend’s face during an assault is a horrific read. The NFL Hall of Famer Warren Sapp is being charged with three counts of domestic violence in connection with the alleged assault April 28 at a Las Vegas hotel. The…
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Univision Chucks the Deuces to Donald Trump and His Miss USA Pageant After His Anti-Mexican Comments
Aside from the fact that referring to Mexicans as “rapists” who bring their “crime” and “drugs” to the U.S. is racist, inappropriate, unethical and immoral, it’s also a less-than-smart comment to make if you’re seeking the presidency, seeing as how Hispanics are one of the country’s fastest-growing population groups and emerging as a powerful electorate. Univision responded…
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9 Transgender Men of Color You Should Know
Janet Mock’s advocacy and activism. Laverne Cox’s rise to fame in Orange Is the New Black. Even Caitlyn Jenner’s recent Vanity Fair cover. All eyes are on these trailblazing transgender women who have helped to highlight the people and issues surrounding the trans community. But what about the often less visible faces of transgender men…
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How the AME Church Helped Build My Armor of Values
Even though I can’t physically be at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., for Friday’s funeral service, I am there in spirit—through a connection planted deep in my soul from an early age. My father, Charles, and grandfather, known as Shep in an abbreviation of his middle name Shepherd, were both pastors at the AME Church. My…
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Did My Ancestor Go by 2 Different Names?
Dear Professor Gates: For example, George Marshall Christian’s brother, Charles Monroe Christian, appears to have also used his first and middle name interchangeably. His full name is recorded on his World War I draft registration card, which we pulled up on Ancestry.com (subscription required), but in the 1920 census (also available on Ancestry.com), his name…
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Nick Gordon Is Being Sued for Allegedly Stealing Money From Bobbi Kristina Brown and Hitting Her
On the heels of the news that Bobbi Kristina Brown’s family is preparing for the worst, her boyfriend Nick Gordon is being sued for allegedly stealing money from Brown and being physically and emotionally abusive toward her, the Associated Press reports. Bedelia Hargrove, a court-appointed representative for Brown, filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming that Gordon…
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