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Mom of Victim in ‘Viral’ Rape Video Speaks Out
The mother of a 16-year-old girl Houston girl, who was reportedly shown being raped in a widely circulated video, spoke Friday to MSNBC’s Ronan Farrow in an effort to help her daughter counter rape culture in social media. “It’s been happening to so many ladies around the world,” Sukiedia, whose last name was not revealed,…
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Dispatches From Freedom Summer: The Ghosts of Greenwood
Editor’s note: This article was originally published by ProPublica. In 1947, my father, along with his mother and older brother, boarded a northbound train in Greenwood, Miss. They carried with them nothing but a suitcase stuffed with clothes, a bag of cold chicken, and my grandmother’s determination that her children—my father was just 2 years…
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Black Community in Fla. Gets a New Swimming Pool 40 Years Later
It’s summer. It’s hot, and one quick, easy way to cool off is to take a dip in a pool. But members of a black community in Hallandale Beach, Fla., have been waiting 40 years to do just that. A new pool is slated to open July 12 in B.F. James Park, named after a…
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Favela Chic: Gentrifying the Slums of Brazil
A walk through Rio de Janeiro’s Vidigal favela is a full sensory experience on any given day. The smell of grilled meat mixes with that of exhaust from motorcycle taxis traversing the slum’s corridors as well as the scent of excrement from the legion of stray dogs that roam the streets. Add in the engulfing…
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Ford to Donate $1M to Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture received a major show of support from the Ford Motor Co. on July 4. Smithsonian and Ford mutually announced the $1 million endowment at the 20th anniversary of the Essence Festival in New Orleans, with the Twitter hashtag #fordgivesback. Once the museum—spanning a 5-acre plot on…
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LeBron James Is Going Back to Cleveland
After what seems like an eternity of having fans, haters and even the entire National Basketball Association at the edge of their seats, LeBron James has finally made a decision. The 29-year-old has announced that he will be returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he was drafted straight out of high school in 2003 and…
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LGBT Center’s 26-Year-Old 1st Black Chair Faces Racial Hostility
According to North Carolina’s Charlotte Post, the LGBT Community Center of Charlotte has elected Ranzeno Frazier as its youngest and first African-American chair of its board of trustees. But not everyone is happy about his groundbreaking role. Frazier’s selection was met with both positive and negative responses, with naysayers taking issue with his age and experience, the…
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Were My Ancestors on America’s Last Slave Ship?
I believe that my great-grandparents were brought to America from Africa on the last known slave ship, the Clotilde. I would like your help confirming that they came here on that ship, and anything else you can find out about their origins. The schooner Clotilde (or Clotilda) was the last known U.S. slave ship to…
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Should I Snitch on a Friend Who Slept With Another Friend’s Husband?
I have a friend who recently confessed to me that she slept with a mutual friend’s husband. The same mutual friend invited everyone over to her house, and my friend came, acting like everything was OK. I thought it was inappropriate for her to be there and didn’t speak to her other than to say…
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A Guide to Marriage, Courtesy of Robin Thicke
Pay attention to what Robin Thicke has been saying, not singing. Forget about the lyrics, the new album and his recent antics. Instead, listen to what he’s been saying about his marriage, and what you’ll hear is a man putting on a master class in what not to do if you want to hold on…
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