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Homeless Student Awarded $3 Million in Scholarships, Named Valedictorian
For most high school students, their senior year is riddled with challenges. But outside of the demands of homework and having hormones on the fritz, 17-year-old Tupac Mosley of Memphis, Tenn., faces a particular challenge unlike anyone else in his graduating class: he’s homeless. Mosley refused to use his circumstances as an excuse not to…
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Cheese! 5-Year-Old Unleashes #BlackBoyJoy in Hilarious Picture Day Photo
He came, he saw, he showed out. Because Picture Day is a rite of passage in most black households, 5-year-old Andrew Miles risked life and limb by taking the road less traveled—opting to let freedom ring instead of delivering the same boring portrait as his Woodland Elementary School compatriots. “I’m so mad right now!” his…
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Super Bowl LIII to Feature Male Cheerleaders for the First Time
Professional sports rosters, hockey and baseball excluded, tend to feature a steady diet of black players at every position. But while the outsized presence of young, gifted and black athletes on championship podiums has become so ubiquitous as to be reduced to an afterthought for most sports fans, black men have been largely absent from…
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Frank Ocean Resurfaces on GQ—and Makes Us Wonder If He’d Rather Be Seen Than Heard
If you’re a rabid Frank Ocean fan, this post may not be to your liking. Not because we have any beef with Ocean; Blonde remains lovely, and we agree that his hiatus from the musical landscape has once again gone on too long. So obviously, we were excited to see him appear on the cover…
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Philly Teen Who Used to Be Homeless Earns Full Ride to Harvard
Richard “Tre” Jenkins was always a bookworm. It was a trait that used to get him teased, with bullies calling him “Harvard.” Who knew that bullies could speak life into something? As it turns out, Richard is indeed Harvard, or at least Harvard-bound, earning a full scholarship to the prestigious university. But life hasn’t always…
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#BlackPantherChallenge Has Taken the Internet by Storm and Celebrities Are Chipping In
You’re gonna see Black Panther, you’re gonna see Black Panther, everyone gets to see Black Panther! Earlier this month I wrote about an awesome GoFundMe that was set up to raise money to help Harlem kids see Black Panther (aka the world’s most amazing movie; I will never hype this up enough). From there, the GoFundMe…
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Watch: 5-Year-Old Steals Halftime Show at NBA Game With His Epic Dance Moves
The Cleveland Cavaliers-vs.-Golden State Warriors basketball game on Martin Luther King Jr. Day was aight (spoiler alert: Warriors won … again), but the real show was 5-year-old Tavaris Jones’ dancing during halftime. The young Detroit native kept the crowd entertained when LeBron James wasn’t busy crying scoring. Watch the video above.
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#BlackBoyJoy: The #CastMeJCrew Grand Prize Goes to 4-Year-Old Cayden!
Watch out, world! In what might be the best holiday present ever, the dapper and diminutive Cayden (aka @cayden_style on Instagram) beat out all other contenders for the grand prize in J.Crew’s inaugural #CastMeJCrew contest—a campaign notably started by a hashtag from Elle Fashion Features Director Nikki Ogunnaike. Cayden, who just started pre-K this fall,…
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That Kid Can Saanngg: The Lion King’s JD McCrary Sings the Jackson 5’s ‘Who’s Lovin’ You’
Many may recognize JD McCrary from his character Kenny on Tyler Perry’s The Paynes, but the young actor also recently nabbed the role of Young Simba on Disney’s live-action film The Lion King. During a recent Los Angeles Clippers game, the 10-year-old played “Finish the Lyrics” and had to finish the Jackson 5’s “Who’s Lovin…