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Bill Nunn, Actor Who Played Radio Raheem, Dead at 62
Veteran actor Bill Nunn has died at the age of 62. Nunn, who will always be best-known for his iconic role as Radio Raheem in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, died Saturday in his hometown of Pittsburgh. Lee, who attended Morehouse College with Nunn, confirmed his friend’s death via Instagram: Nunn also appeared in Lee’s School Daze, Mo’…
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Okla. Officer Who Killed Terence Crutcher Charged With Manslaughter
The Tulsa, Okla., police officer involved in the shooting death of Terence Crutcher has been charged with first-degree felony manslaughter, NPR reports. On Friday, Police Officer Betty Shelby fatally shot Crutcher on a Tulsa highway after his car broke down. Video of the shooting showed Crutcher raising his hands as he walked to his vehicle,…
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Tweet of the Day: White Woman Does Presentation Questioning if Slavery Was Always 'Bad'?
It never fails. Not a day goes by when I don’t see a tweet that makes me shake my head. And I’ve decided to chronicle the ridiculous to the informative on Tweet of the Day. And for the first tweet, we have someone who doesn’t think slavery was that bad. https://twitter.com/anorIondo/status/778607615706329088 Thankfully, someone had the…
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Actor Isaiah Washington Wants Black People to Stay Home to Fight Police Brutality
Actor Isaiah Washington has one simple solution to fight police brutality. And it involves hitting the country where it hurts the most: its pockets. “If every single African American in the United States that was really fed up with being angry, sad and disgusted, would pick ONE DAY to simply ‘stay at home’ from every…
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Rapper Shawty Lo Killed in Hit-and-Run Accident in Ga.
Rapper Shawty Lo was killed early Wednesday morning during a hit-and-run accident in Georgia. The Atlanta native, born Carlos Walker, was one of the founding members of the group D4L. The “Dey Know” rapper was driving on Interstate 285 when his vehicle was struck by another car. According to the Georgia Department of Transportation, Walker’s car…
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The Wire Creator David Simon Uses N-Word on Twitter and Whitesplains Why
Editor’s note: This post contains tweets that some may find offensive. In today’s “When Your White Ally Goes Wrong” news, David Simon, creator of The Wire, had some explaining to do on social media when he used the n-word in a tweet. Simon took issue with the fact that Donald Trump was having a “a town hall meeting on…
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Here's a List of 10 Things Black People Can Do to Prevent Getting Shot and Killed by Police
As someone who has to pay attention to social media as part of her job, whenever I see a person’s name as a hashtag on Twitter, there’s always some trepidation when it comes to clicking it. On Monday evening, I saw #TerenceCrutcher and assumed it had to deal with Monday-night football. But within seconds of…
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Empire’s Season 3 Premiere Is Filled With More Lyon-Family Drama Than Ever Before
If there was ever a family whose members will stab each other in the back but then fight to protect each other, it’s the Lyon family. Cookie (Taraji P. Henson), Lucious (Terrence Howard), Jamal (Jussie Smollett), Andre (Trai Byers) and Hakeem (Bryshere “Yazz” Gray) put the “dys” in dysfunctional, but in Empire’s third season, they really only have…
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The People v. O.J. Simpson Wins Big at the Emmys
Black star power was in full effect during Sunday night’s Emmy Awards. And to the shock of no one, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story took home a boatload of Emmys. The FX series led the way with five wins in the miniseries categories, including lead acting for Sarah Paulson and Courtney B. Vance, as well as in the supporting…
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Nick Gordon Found ‘Legally Responsible’ for Bobbi Kristina’s Death
After Nick Gordon, Bobbi Kristina Brown’s ex-boyfriend, failed to show up to court Friday—his second no-show—a Georgia judge ruled that he was legally responsible for her death. In August 2015, a week after Bobbi Kristina died, her estate had filed a wrongful death suit against Gordon. The lawsuit stated that Gordon not only beat Bobbi Kristina but…