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Nebraska Running Back Facing Revenge and Child Porn Charges After He Sent Victim Video of Her Being Sexually Assaulted: Report
Nebraska running back Maurice Washington is facing criminal charges for revenge and child porn after he reportedly kept video of a 15-year-old female teen being sexually assaulted, and then sent the video to the victim. According to the Chicago Tribune, Washington, 19, faces two charges in his home state of California including “a felony count…
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Spread Love: Alvin Ailey Embarks on Its 60th Anniversary National Tour
Still looking for the perfect gift to surprise your sweetie with this Valentine’s Day? How about a night filled with music, beauty, passion, and “Revelations”? Acclaimed dance company Alvin Ailey has now been stunning us for 60 years with dance, original choreography, and themes that celebrate the unique beauty and history of blackness in America.…
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28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 12: How Long 'Til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin
Publisher Synopsis: N. K. Jemisin is one of the most powerful and acclaimed authors of our time. In the first collection of her evocative short fiction, which includes never-before-seen stories, Jemisin equally challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption. Spirits haunt the flooded streets of New Orleans in the aftermath…
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Cleveland Browns Sign Kareem Hunt Despite Video of Him Assaulting Woman. Kaepernick Still Banned for Kneeling
In the latest move to prove the NFL is trash, the Cleveland Browns have signed Kareem Hunt, the running back who was released by the Kansas City Chiefs after a video showed him knocking over and kicking a woman. According to the New York Daily News, Hunt was released by the Chiefs in November after…
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Black Love On The Big Screen, From the First On-Film Kiss to Today | Unpack That
Love, in its purest form, makes all of our hearts smile. As a black person, I must say, that there’s something so special, so unequivocally sincere about seeing black people being in love on the big screen. Sorry, not sorry. Here’s the thing: Unbeknownst to many, black love in film dates back to the beginning…
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28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 11: An American Marriage: A Novel by Tayari Jones
Publisher Synopsis: Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have…
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28 Days of Literary Blackness with VSB | Day 10: Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee, Illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Publisher Synopsis: Go back to bed, baby, please, baby, please. Not on your HEAD, baby baby baby, please!… From moments fussy to fond, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, producer Tonya Lewis Lee, present a behind-the-scenes look at the chills, spills, and unequivocal thrills of bringing up baby! Vivid illustrations from celebrated artist…
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28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 9: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Publisher Synopsis: Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family’s struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice. And it is also Cassie’s story—Cassie Logan, an independent girl who discovers over the course of an important year why having…
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How Well Do You Know Yourself? Would You Date You?
Step outside yourself for a moment. Imagine you are a friend who has to set someone up on a blind date with your friend (you). How would you describe yourself? We all have an image of ourselves in our heads. We know what we like and what we don’t like. When we meet new people,…
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Vanessa Tyson Told Colleagues About Her Sexual Assault Allegation Against Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax
The sexual assault allegations Dr. Vanessa Tyson has lodged against Virginia’s Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax have become a hot topic as the situation has devolved into a most unfortunate game of “he said, she said.” In the midst of that, people have stepped forward to confirm that Tyson told them about the allegations. Five people…