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‘You’re Way Out of Pocket’: Black Twitter Erupts After Sha’Carri Richardson Comes for Track and Field Legend Allyson Felix
The promising 21-year-old track star wants no parts of Felix’s words of encouragement.
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A Journal For Jordan Trailer: Watch Michael B. Jordan and Chanté Adams Star in Upcoming Drama From Denzel Washington
Based on the 2008 memoir from Dana Canedy, the new feature is expected to hit theaters on Christmas Day.
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U.S. Swimmer Simone Manuel Demands Better Treatment From the Media for Olympic Competitors
The 25-year-old swimmer’s comments come after much-publicized incidents involving Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles.
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PageTurners: Releases Chock Full of Riveting Debuts and Badass Female Protagonists
The first release date in August gives us a 6888th Battalion, a Yoruban deity traveling the Underground Railroad and a graphic novel about a Klan riot in 1923.
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Family of Late Journalist Ayesha K. Faines Releases Statement, Confirms She Battled Asthma and Food Allergies
‘On June 29, 2021 Ayesha suffered a fatal anaphylactic reaction from an unknown allergen,’ the family statement read.
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Naomi Osaka, Allyson Felix Detail Their Journeys to the Tokyo Olympics In Latest Issue of Time Magazine
Two of the biggest names in sports dish on self-care and prioritizing mental health.
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Beloved Journalist and The Grapevine TV Panelist Ayesha K. Faines Dead at 35
Media peers and fans alike were stunned to hear of the tragic news that Faines died unexpectedly on Friday from unknown causes.
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett Becomes First Black Woman to Be Honored in Chicago With a Monument
One of our most daring trailblazers of the civil rights movement was honored in the Windy City with a bronze statue.
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Gird Your Loins and Grab Your Stacy Adams, Because Cat Daddies Are Back on the Prowl in Detroit
A contest on the city’s Avenue of Fashion displayed an array of Detroit men in their ‘suited and booted’ finery.
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Rachel Lindsay Alleges The Bachelorette Purposely Cast Black Men Who Didn’t Date Black Women
Rachel Lindsay, the first Black Bachelorette, has been consistently outspoken about the lack of diversity within the Bachelor franchise. In February, Lindsay went head to head with Bachelor Nation host Chris Harrison in an attempt to explain a contestant’s problematic past racist actions. And now in a recent interview, the Texas native is shedding light…