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Black Girl to Star in DreamWorks’ New 3D Animated Feature
Stop the presses. One of the most beloved animation studios, DreamWorks, is working on its next project, Home, but there’s something just a little bit different about this 3D post-apocalyptic film. The main star of this feature will be a little black girl, Tip. According to the Indiewire, the futuristic film is based on the…
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SNL Alumna Maya Rudolph Returning to NBC With Variety Show
Saturday Night Live alumna Maya Rudolph is slated to return to NBC in May with an hour-long variety show special, featuring musical guest Janelle Monae, according to Shadow and Act. The Maya Rudolph Show will air at 10 p.m. on May 19 and will be an update of the classic variety show, offering music and…
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13-Year-Old Brooklyn Boy Struck by Stray Bullet
Gama Droiville was just walking with his aunt on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, enjoying the first day of spring break on Monday when a gunman started shooting on the busy street, a stray bullet hitting Gama in the back of the head, the New York Post reports. The shooter’s target was reportedly a man who…
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Family of Woman Killed at Detroit Officer’s Party Still Seeks Answers
The family of a 24-year-old woman killed by a bullet from an off-duty Detroit police officer’s gun while the two were were dancing wants the case reopened after prosecutors declined to press charges, the Huffington Post reports. Adaisha Miller attended a fish fry hosted by Officer Issac Parrish at his home in the city on…
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Harvard’s Hutchins Center Announces 2nd Class of Fellows
Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University professor and director of the newly launched Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University, on Tuesday announced the class of 23 students for the 2014-15 academic year. “We are delighted to welcome one of our most distinguished and diverse class of fellows of the…
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Black Men Are More Likely to Deal With Erectile Dysfunction—Here’s What to Do About It
Editor’s note: This is part 1 of the four-part series Keeping Black Men Healthy, in honor of National Minority Health Month. Read part 2 here. If you notice that you and your male sexual partner have started butting heads as bedtime draws near, it may be because he’s struggling to perform sexually but doesn’t want you…
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Are ‘a Whole Bunch of White People’ Adopting Black Kids? Here’s What’s More Important
Physically abused, ridiculed and constantly reminded that she was an outsider by the family that adopted her when she was a 5 years old, author and children’s advocate Stacey Patton says conversations about the complicated issues surrounding race and adoption are almost always dominated by the perspectives of clinicians, politicians, and parents. A black Alabama…
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Kansas Shooting Suspect Could Face Death Penalty
The white supremacist who killed three people outside Jewish community facilities in Kansas on Sunday has been charged with murder, the New York Times reports. Frazier Glenn Miller, a former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon known for his anti-Semitic and racist views, was charged with one count of capital murder and one count of premeditated…
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Kids of Color Less Likely to Have Good Teachers
The Center for American Progress released a new report (pdf) on Friday indicating that low-income students of color are more likely to have not only less experienced teachers but also less effective ones, the Huffington Post reports. The organization analyzed evaluation scores of teachers in affluent and low-income districts in Louisiana and Massachusetts. According to American Progress,…