culture
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Angelou on Streetcar Driving, Strip-Club Dancing and Her Legacy
In Maya Angelou’s latest, Mom & Me & Mom, the focus is on her relationship with her mother, Vivian Baxter. But in an interview with NPR‘s Rachel Martin about the stories that make up that book, she reminds listeners of the experiences that add texture to her personal story. While she doesn’t yet want to…
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Urban Prep Does It Again
At a glance, it doesn’t even seem like news: A prep school with a great track record sends all of its graduating seniors to college, for the fourth year in a row. But it is. Especially when you consider that when Urban Prep, which now has three Chicago campuses, was founded in 2006, only 4…
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Kevin Ware's 'Gruesome' Injury Not Career-Ending
The Courier-Journal describes the right-tibia fracture that University of Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware sustained during the Cardinals’ 85-63 win over Duke in the Midwest Regional final as “gruesome,” and there’s no question about that — a bone punctured through the skin in his lower leg. But according to a release from the school’s sports…
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MLK's Assassination: 12 Forgotten Facts
(The Root) — Most Americans know about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life’s work. But many may have missed or forgotten the full story of his untimely death on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn. To mark the 45th anniversary of the American icon’s assassination, we bring you 12 details about his death and its…
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What Is 'Clean Eating,' Anyway?
April is the perfect time for spring cleaning in your home, but what about your body? On Ebony, Erika Nicole Kendall breaks down “clean eating,” including how to do it and why it’s important for your long-term health. What makes clean eating so important? Quite simply, the exclusion of processed foods comes with the inclusion…
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DOMA: Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied
For MSNBC‘s Touré, host of The Cycle, the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision on marriage equality may not be enough, despite strong voices from the LGBT community. If gay Americans were as powerful as he imagines we would not be debating their rights at all, they would have them. But in the real world gay rights…
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Harlem's New Jazz Club Renaissance?
Many jazz fans and local New Yorkers were saddened when Harlem’s famous Lenox Lounge closed late last year, but the historical location may reopen. However, it’s complicated, reports the New York Times. The Lenox Lounge shut down on Dec. 31 after a bitter lease dispute between the club’s owner and his landlord. The space was supposed to…
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March Madness: Obama Visits Marquette-Syracuse Game
It’s no secret that President Obama is a basketball fan, and on Saturday night, he stopped by one of the final March Madness college basketball games, between Syracuse and Marquette, reports ABC News. The basketball-loving president didn’t pick Marquette or Syracuse to make it to the Elite 8 in his bracket, but instead, thought Miami…
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'Game of Thrones' Welcomes 2 New Black Actors
With Easter comes new beginnings and new TV shows. On March 31, HBO’s medieval fantasy drama Game of Thrones returns, and actors Jacob Anderson and Nathalie Emmanuel join the list of the series’ black faces, like past characters played by Nonso Anozie and Lucian Msamati, writes Shadow and Act. First, Nathalie Emmanuel, a British actress…
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Black NY TV Reporter Bob Teague Dies at 84
On Thursday, Bob Teague, one of the first black broadcast journalists in New York City, died in New Brunswick, N.J. He had been fighting lymphoma, and he was 84, reports the Daily News. A football star and military veteran turned newspaperman and finally TV reporter and anchorman, Teague was a fixture for years on WNBC/Ch.…