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1st Black Miss Ala. Calls Dallas Shooting Gunman Micah Xavier Johnson a 'Martyr'
Kalyn Chapman James, the first black woman to win the Miss Alabama title, posted a controversial video on Facebook seemingly siding with Dallas shooter Micah Xavier Johnson. In the video, James expressed how tired she was of seeing black men being killed by cops and said she “didn’t want to feel this way.” “I’m dealing with…
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Nick Cannon on Black Lives Matter: 'Damn Right, Black Lives Matter'
Last week, after the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, actor Nick Cannon took to the streets of New York City to join protesters calling for justice and answers. And on Monday, Cannon released a powerful spoken-word poem that solidified his stance when it comes to the movement. Simply titled, “Black Lives Matter,” the…
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Erykah Badu Will Donate Upcoming Concert Funds to Aid Detroit Rape-Kit Project
In 2009, more than 10,000 rape kits were found abandoned in a Detroit Police Department storage room. And since then, Wayne County, Mich., Prosecutor Kym Worthy has made it her mission to get the kits tested. But testing the kits comes at a hefty price: $490 each. Enough SAID is a campaign of the Michigan…
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Serena Williams Says She Worries About Young Black Men
After Serena Williams made her historic Wimbledon win over the weekend, the tennis star spoke about the recent deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile and why she worries about her young nephews. “I don’t think that the answer is to continue to shoot our young black men in the United States. It’s just unfortunate.…
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Wendy Williams Reportedly Loses Major Sponsorship After Anti-HBCU Comments
Last week, Wendy Williams caught some major flak after making comments regarding HBCUs and the NAACP. The comments came on the heels of Jesse Williams’ riveting BET Awards acceptance speech. The talk show host’s comments questioned why certain institutions like the NAACP and HBCUs are still in existence. And she wondered what would happen if…
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Did Former Ill. Rep. Joe Walsh Threaten President Obama's Life on Twitter?
Former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh declared, “This is now war” on President Barack Obama and the Black Lives Matter movement, after news broke about the Dallas sniper attack. “This is now war. Watch out Obama. Watch out black lives matter punks. Real America is coming after you,” he wrote in the post, which has since…
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Roland Martin Schools Wendy Williams on the NAACP and HBCUs
The last time I wrote about Roland Martin, he was giving Snoop Dogg a lesson about why slave narratives are still important in this day and age, after the rapper said he was boycotting the new Roots miniseries. Now he’s schooling someone else. Earlier this week, Wendy Williams appeared to be confused about two things:…
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Issa Rae Raised Over $460,000 to Send Alton Sterling’s Kids to College
Issa Rae put a call out on social media, and thousands of people answered. When the actress-producer learned about how Alton Sterling had been killed and the fact that he had children, she created a GoFundMe to raise money for their college fund. The #AltonSterlingFamily Scholarship was created Wednesday, and it raised over $460,000 in under…
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Black Female Police Officer Speaks Out Against Killer Cops
Warrensville Heights, Ohio, Police Officer Nakia Jones has a lot to say about the killing of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., and in a video posted on Facebook on Wednesday, she took her fellow officers in blue to task. Jones, like so many other people, is disgusted that police officers are killing black people…
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D.L. Hughley Breaks Down When Speaking Out About Black People Getting Killed by Police
D.L. Hughley appeared on CNN’s New Day to discuss the rash of police killings that have occurred this week and how they affect his family. While discussing his own sons who live with him, the comedian broke down in tears. Watch the heart-wrenching video below:
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