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President Obama Surprised by Larry Wilmore’s N-Word
The White House was blindsided by comedian Larry Wilmore’s decision to use the N-word at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner Saturday night, but White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Monday that the president “appreciated the spirit of the sentiments that Mr. Wilmore expressed.” “The Comedy Central host ended his speech Saturday night…
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Hamilton Sets Record With 16 Tony Award Nominations
The 2016 Tony Award nominations were announced Tuesday morning, and Hamilton made history with 16 nominations. Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of the musical, received three individual nominations, for best book, best original score and best lead actor. Not to be overlooked are other nominees, including Shuffle Along, with 10 nominations, one of them best musical; and Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed,…
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Professor’s Op-Ed Is Final Blow for Confederate Statue
A 121-year-old Confederate monument at the University of Louisville is coming down, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and university President James Ramsey announced Friday. The editor of the Courier-Journal, the city’s daily newspaper, credits an op-ed piece in his paper. On Twitter, Ricky L. Jones, chair of Pan-African Studies at the school who wrote the op-ed,…
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Get Away to These 4 Luxurious Black-Owned Hotels and B&Bs
African Americans love to travel, and according to a research study, we spend nearly $50 billion a year on U.S. travel alone. During our explorations, however, we don’t always make it a priority to support black-owned hotels and bed-and-breakfasts. “Like any industry, we’re stronger when we operate together. But beyond the economic reasons, and the…
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Prince Always Sought Ties With Black Media
The outpouring of pixels, print and video memorializing Prince continued unabated on Monday with testimony about the superstar’s allegiance to the black community and especially to black media. In an interview published Sunday with Shenequa Golding of Vibe magazine, publicist Terrie Williams described how she met Prince, who died at 57 on Thursday, through the…
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Love & Hip Hop Atlanta Season 5, Episode 4 Recap
As Elton John once crooned, the bitch is back. He must have known that 30-some years later, Joseline (or Shenellica Bettencourt, as she was known back when she popped on a headstand for Luke and them) would return to Atlanta to continue her reign of improper subject-verb agreement and unsavory weaves. This week’s installment Love…
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‘It’s All About the Harriets’
When Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew announced on Wednesday that the face of abolitionist leader HarrietTubman would grace a new $20 bill, NPR reached out to Lonnie Bunch, founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. “For me, having Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill really says, first of all, that…
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Why Was My Southern Ancestor Adopted?
My maternal grandfather is Grover Cleveland Ryman Jr. He was adopted sometime after age 7. His birth mother was white, and his father was Indian. We have been told by my mother that my grandfather’s parents were married in Virginia, when this was illegal. My great-grandfather Grover Cleveland Ryman Sr. was run off, and my…
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AP’s Slavery Series Wins Top Pulitzer
An expose of slavery in Southeast Asia’s fishing industry was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday. The Washington Post won the Pulitzer for national reporting for its comprehensive study of fatal shootings by U.S. police officers, and Farah Stockman, who joined the New York Times just days ago as a national correspondent, won…
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Chicago Home of Iconic Black Journalist Crumbling
“The roof is coming apart,” Erick Johnson wrote Monday for the Chicago Crusader. “The creaky wooden porch is aging with growing cracks. And the navy blue paint that once adorned the steps is peeling away. Nearly 100 years ago, this white, two-story house in Chicago’s West Englewood neighborhood on the city’s south side became the…