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Uzo Aduba, Oprah Winfrey and Other Black Stars Who’ve Run Marathons
As the 2024 Chicago marathon kicks off, we take a look at Kevin Hart, Alicia Keys, Al Roker and other Black celebs who’ve run marathons.
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Here’s How the Entertainment World is Celebrating Black History Month
Here’s our roundup of the most interesting Black History Month programming.
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WATCH: A Documentary Centering Around Nipsey Hussle’s New Cannabis Business Is Here
‘We’re so honored to be able to fulfill the dream,’ Hussle’s brother and co-founder Samiel ‘Blacc Sam’ Asghedom said.
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Nipsey Hussle Celebrated as a Visionary Activist at Public Memorial in Los Angeles
Tens of thousands of people packed Los Angeles’ 21,000-capacity Staples Center Thursday while many others stood outside and gathered throughout the city as fans, friends and family bid farewell to Nipsey Hussle at a public memorial. Billed as a “Celebration of Life,” the memorial brought people together from throughout Los Angeles and beyond. Scripture was…
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Watch: Nipsey Hussle on Eritrean Pride as Eritrean American Community Mourns One of Its Own
He became famous as Nipsey Hussle, but he was beloved as simply “Ermias” among the Eritrean-American community Hussle proudly embraced as the child born Ermias Asghedom to Eritrean and African American parents. Members of Los Angeles’ Eritrean American community gathered to remember Hussle during a memorial service Sunday at the Medhani-Alem Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church…
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I'm a Plus-Size Runner and I Got Heckled at the NYC Marathon
This year, I ran my seventh and eighth marathons within four years of running—all as a plus-size woman. I ran the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 8 and the New York City Marathon on Nov. 5—followed by the New York Road Runners 60K Ultramarathon less than two weeks later. The year 2017 was my most ambitious…