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North Carolina Teen Accepted to 113 Colleges and Awarded $4.5 Million in Scholarships Accepts Full Ride to HBCU
When you hear stories about black high school seniors getting into the colleges of their dreams, they’re usually touting Ivy League schools. But Greensboro, N.C., high school senior Jasmine Harrison, who was accepted at 113 colleges and awarded $4.5 million in scholarships, is taking her talents to Bennett College on a full ride to study…
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Don Lemon Has a Few Words for Kanye West’s Slave Theory: ‘They Were in Real Chains’
During a conversation with my friend’s grandmother Tuesday night, we spoke about Kanye West and his slavery comments. For the record, the only thing she knows about Kanye is that he’s married to a Kardashian, the one she calls the “mermaid-looking one.” She’s 85 and watches a lot of reality TV; give her a break.…
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White Supremacist Jacob Scott Goodwin Guilty in Charlottesville, Va., Parking Garage Attack of DeAndre Harris
A white supremacist is now looking at 10 years behind bars for his role in the Charlottesville, Va., parking lot attack on DeAndre Harris. Jacob Scott Goodwin, 23, of Ward, Ark., was found guilty of malicious wounding in the August attack on 20-year-old Harris. The Associated Press reports that on Tuesday, Goodwin tried to convince…
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Attorney for Former Fort Valley State University Employee and AKA Adviser Says She’s Not a Pimp
A Fort Valley State University employee has resigned amid allegations that she ran a prostitution ring using members of the school’s chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Alecia Johnson resigned last week after an anonymous source told Rolling Out that the AKA adviser and the newest members of the Alpha Beta chapter were involved in…
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Washington, DC, Police Officer Arrested on Charges He Had Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl From Dating App
Nathan Clinkscale, a 25-year-old Washington, D.C., police officer, was arrested Monday and charged with a third-degree sex offense after allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old girl. According to the Prince George’s County, Md., Police Department, the 14-year-old’s mother found Clinkscale and the girl in the basement of her Upper Marlboro, Md., home. According to authorities,…
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Kanye West’s Mom’s Doctor Shares Truth About Her Death
Monday night, the surgeon, Dr. Jan Adams, sent Kanye a cease and desist letter, along with information about his mother’s death.
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#MovingInWhileBlack: Former White House Staffer Accused of Breaking Into His Own Apartment
Here’s an updated list of reasons why the cops have been called on black people: #BreathingWhileBlack, #WalkingWhileBlack, #HoldingACellPhoneWhileBlack, #EatingAtTheWaffleHouseWhileBlack, #SittingAtStarbucksWhileBlack … and now you can add #MovingInWhileBlack. And that’s just what happened to former White House staffer Darren Martin as he was moving into his Upper West Side apartment in New York City. Martin, a…
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Some People Are Mad Because a Chapter in Issa Rae’s 3-Year-Old Book Says Black Women and Asian Men Should Date Each Other
Three years ago, Issa Rae’s book, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, skyrocketed onto several best-seller lists. It was basically a signal that Rae had “arrived” and wasn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Shortly after the book came her HBO series, Insecure, which, of course, we all know has millions of people sitting in front of their…
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Police Caught on Camera Physically Assaulting Former NFL Player Desmond Marrow
A video from December has surfaced showing former NFL player Desmond Marrow being assaulted by Henry County police officers in McDonough, Ga., after an alleged road rage incident. According to court documents from the lawyer for the Atlanta chapter of Black Lives Matter, which is representing Marrow, the former athlete says a white man threw…
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Bill Cosby Found Guilty of Aggravated Indecent Assault
On Thursday a jury in Norristown, Pa., that consisted of seven men and five women found Bill Cosby guilty of aggravated indecent assault after 14 hours of deliberation. Cosby was on trial for drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple University employee Andrea Constand in 2004. During the trial, five women testified against the 80-year-old comedian…
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