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Tamron Hall’s Natural Hair Is a Bigger Deal Than You Might Think
Friday morning, Tamron Hall, the Today show’s first African-American female co-host, unexpectedly revealed her natural kinks and curls on national television. After the unveiling, the news program—in an “I can’t believe they’re actually doing this” move—polled its audience regarding whether Hall, 43, should stick with her natural look on-air. Somewhat surprisingly and thankfully—given white America’s…
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Judge Blocks Texts in Renisha McBride Shooting Trial
Wayne County Circuit Judge Dana Hathaway ruled Friday that a jury would not be allowed to see certain text messages in the trial of a Dearborn Heights, Mich., man charged with the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Renisha McBride, the Detroit Free Press reports. “They are just unfairly prejudicial,” Hathaway said of McBride’s texts, which attorneys…
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Missing Boy Found in Parents’ Basement Allegedly Abused
A 12-year-old Detroit boy who was found alive in his family’s basement after being missing for more than a week reportedly told investigators he had been abused, Click on Detroit reported Friday. A medical examination of Charlie Bothuell also showed signs of physical abuse, the report says. The child’s stepmother, Monique Dillard-Bothuell, allegedly knew he…
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Who Were the White Folks of Freedom Summer?
It’s well-known that 1964’s Freedom Summer, as it came to be called, was an interracial effort, with many white college students joining African Americans to register voters in Mississippi. It was the murder of three civil rights activists—two of them white—by members of the Ku Klux Klan that sparked national outrage and drew national attention…
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R&B Legend Bobby Womack Reported Dead
You could hear the life and the living in Bobby Womack’s voice. He was the gospel-trained son of a preacher man, who climbed back from the depths of addiction, had career highs and lows and was a most cherished protege of the great Sam Cooke. The soulful singer was back in the studio this year…
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Rihanna Makes Modesty Look Sexy on Harper’s Bazaar Arabia Cover
Rihanna may have deleted her Instagram account, but she’s here to remind you that she’s still photogenic and slaying the fashion game—just in a slightly different way: clothed. The Bajan beauty appears on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia’s July/August issue adorned with a beautiful, black Arabian ensemble. She dons a mesh veil, Cartier jewels and…
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Love & Basketball Director Premieres Trailer for Latest Film, Beyond the Lights
Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Nate Parker, Beyond the Lights tells the story of a troubled superstar in an internal battle with herself. Written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, who also directed Love & Basketball, Noni Jean (Mbatha-Raw) is a successful artist facing the pressures of stardom after she wins her first Grammy. After an attempt to…
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Jabari Parker Joins a Small Number of Black Mormons in the NBA
Talk about being a history-maker. Jabari Parker, the 6-foot-8-inch Duke power forward who was selected second overall in the first round of the 2014 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks, joins a small number of African-American Mormons who have played in the NBA, such as Thurl Bailey and Brandon Davies, and is the highest-ranked Asian-Pacific…
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Will The Best Man 3 Live Up to Its Predecessors?
Director Malcolm Lee has decided that audiences won’t have to wait another decade for his next offering in The Best Man franchise. At the American Black Film Festival last week, Lee, along with star Morris Chestnut, gave Vibe a few details about what to expect in the third installment. “It’s going to be some romance, there’ll…
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Sherri Shepherd and Jenny McCarthy Get the Boot From The View
Nobody expected a purge when ABC officials announced Thursday night that The View would be going through some big changes. But as part of these changes, executives at the 17-year-old daytime talk show decided to give the ax to co-hosts Sherri Shepherd and Jenny McCarthy, the New York Daily News reports. With these stars gone and…
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