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A Plan to Change the Negative Narrative About Black Boys and Men
On Feb. 26, 2012, a 17-year-old boy wearing a hoodie and carrying a bag of Skittles and some iced tea was profiled, targeted, stalked and killed for no other reason than “walking while black” in his own neighborhood. In the weeks and months following his death, the name “Trayvon Martin” would become synonymous with what…
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Yusef Salaam of the Central Park Five: Trump ‘Unfit to Be President’
Yusef Salaam has been living in the dark shadow of Donald Trump since he was a teenager accused, and convicted, of raping a woman in New York City’s Central Park more than 27 years ago. It was a crime of which he was innocent. “I still have to defend myself,” says Salaam. “I still have…
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Dr. Dre Threatens to Sue Over Alleged Michel’le Abuse in Lifetime Film
Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le will premiere Saturday on Lifetime, but if superproducer Dr. Dre has anything to do with it, it won’t. The billionaire and founding member of N.W.A has thrown down the gauntlet against Sony Pictures, saying that if the biopic on singer Michel’le airs showing him abusing her, he will sue. TMZ…
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#GenForward: Half of Black Young People Face Job Discrimination
Almost half of young African Americans say that they’ve experienced racial discrimination while looking for a job and while on the job, and one-third of young women of all races say they’ve faced employment-related gender discrimination, according to the Associated Press. From this, one can draw the logical conclusion that black women are probably the…
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Detroit Lions DeAndre Levy Raises Money to Test Rape Kits
Detroit Lions lineback DeAndre Levy has put his money where his heart is. The outspoken advocate against domestic violence and rape is partnering with the Detroit Hustles Harder clothing line to sell “Our Issue” T-shirts. All proceeds from the shirts will go to the Enough SAID program in Detroit. Enough SAID is a collaboration between multiple…
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Nat Turner’s Remains Returned to His Family After Almost 200 Years
Thanks to Nate Parker’s controversial (and apparently struggling) film The Birth of a Nation, the story of Nat Turner has once again piqued America’s popular imagination. For those who don’t know, Turner led one of the bloodiest slave rebellions in American history in the year 1831. When it was all said and done, an estimated…
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Spreading the Word: Meet the Man Who Created a Spotify for Church Sermons
Like many preachers, Nicholas Richards felt a special affinity for the pulpit. “I didn’t choose the church,” he said during a recent interview. “The church chose me.” Don’t take our word for it. Watch him speak on Isaiah 9:1-6 as he interprets the passage, adapting and connecting it to contemporary life and classic literature. Richards,…
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Black Architect Interrogated and Humiliated by Bank After Depositing Paycheck
According to a post on her Facebook page, architect Trish Cole Doolin relocated to Seattle in September to work at Nelson Connections as a job captain in architecture. Earlier this week, Doolin sought to deposit her paycheck into her account at Key Bank. But 15 minutes after she deposited her funds, Doolin got a call from someone…
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President Obama Signs 1st Rape Survivor’s Bill of Rights Into Law
President Barack Obama signed the Survivors Bill of Rights Act into law Friday, after it was passed by Congress on Wednesday night. The Senate passed the bill in May. The law was drafted in support of sexual assault survivors and provides specific rights to those who are survivors of rape in terms of law enforcement,…
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Voter Registration Will Not Be Extended in Fla., Despite the Hurricane
The Republican governor of Florida says that he will not extend the deadline for voter registration in the state despite the fact that Hurricane Matthew has hit the battleground state just days before the Tuesday deadline. CNN reports that Hillary Clinton’s campaign asked Florida officials on Thursday to extend the state’s Tuesday voter-registration deadline because…
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