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Langston’s Legacy: These Young Black Poets Rep Their Cultures to the Fullest
While in his early 20s and a student at Lincoln University, Langston Hughes published his first book of poetry, The Weary Blues, and penned his landmark essay, “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain.” In it, he implored young black writers to express their “individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame.” For National Poetry Month,…
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T.I., New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Join Forces to Bail Out Nonviolent Offenders for Easter
I spent my Easter Sunday deviating between inhaling jelly beans and watching Kanye pass out communion wafers through a peep hole. But it looks like recording artist, community activist and serial entrepreneur T.I. spent his Resurrection Sunday being far more impactful. The Hill reports that the Trap Music Museum founder joined forces with New Birth…
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Soon You Can Get a License Plate in Mississippi that Includes a State Flag Without the State's Racism
When confused philosopher king Kanye West rapped, “racism’s still alive, they just be concealing it…” on “Never Let Me Down” from his debut offering, The College Dropout, he was not talking about Mississippi. Or Alabama or South Carolina or, well, you get the point. Regarding Mississippi specifically, it is the last state in the union…
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Howard U's President Dropped a Statement About Walking Dogs On The Yard; Here's How It Reads In My Head
Washington, DC, is in the midst of a culture war between the new residents who want to mold the city into their own version of VanillaTown and the folks who didn’t ask for any of this shit but now have to defend their ways of life. Yes, we’re talking gentrification. From new residents of Chinatown…
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Just in Time for 420: Carl's Jr. Laces Us With a CBD-Laced Burger
Just in time for National Weed Day, aka 420, aka tomorrow, April 20, the Carl’s Jr. burger chain is bringing out a special offering—one that could whet the appetites of those who may have the munchies after deciding to indulge in a little bud. Dubbed the Rocky Mountain High Cheese Burger Delight, the new gastronomic…
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Oops Upside Your Head: 65-Year-Old Woman (and Her Bat) Give Burglar the Business
Clarese Gainey of Gainesville, Fla., is about that action. Most 65-year-old women (and men) would hide in the closet and call the police if they caught someone trying to break into their car, but ohhh not Clarese. You know what she did? “I grab my bat, I brace myself, and I ease the door open,”…
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WNBA Star Lindsey Harding Becomes Philadelphia 76ers' First Female Coach
Lindsey Harding is used to breaking records. During her time as a guard at Duke, she became only the sixth player in the history of the Atlantic Coast Conference to record 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 500 assists and 250 steals. In 2007, she was named the Naismith College Player of the Year and won the…
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Finally! 24-Hour Black News Channel to Debut in November
I love Baby Boy reruns as much as the next person, but I’ve wondered for years why BET completely abandoned their daily news programming. And with TV One’s decision to can Roland Martin’s News One Now in 2017, those of us eager for network news have had to sift though a deluge of nebulous coverage…
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White Coaches Pick the Wrong Side When They Talk Down to Their Black Athletes
Editor’s Note: This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter. Now that the NCAA basketball tournament is over and passions about everyone’s favorite team are not running as high, we need to have a conversation about coaches’ abusive…