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David Justice is not letting up about the blow he says his reputation took when ex-wife Halle Berry said that one of…
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Serena Williams' chances of winning a calendar-year grand slam came to an end Saturday night at the Australian Open…
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The journalism world suffered a great loss Sunday when Michael J. Feeney, a veteran journalist who was set to start…
The U.S. Department of Justice is set to open an investigation into the San Francisco Police Department after…
A St. Augustine, Fla., Burger King worker was arrested Wednesday after he reportedly set his uniform on fire after…
A Chicago man was found guilty Saturday of first-degree murder for giving a gun to his niece to handle a Facebook…
Imagine how different our children would be if they were aware of the many contributions that black people have made…
Miles Marshall Lewis left America and moved to Paris after George W. Bush was elected president of the United States…
In 1613, seven years before the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, and six years before a Dutch vessel sold 20 Africans to…
The United Nations revealed six new alleged child-sex-abuse cases by peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, th…
Georgia Davis Powers, a leading figure in the struggle for racial equality in Kentucky, died at age 92, the…
Jacksonville, Fla., police said Saturday that a 22-month-old boy died in a drive-by shooting, NBC News reports.
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The Screen Actors Guild displayed its appreciation of black actors Saturday night.
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Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, came into the U.S. Senate with a promise to his Tea Party backers to block President…
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A big issue in 2015 was the cultural appropriation of black or African-American culture, whether it was with rap…