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How Hero New Orleans Bus Driver Saves 8 Children from Horrific Disaster
The driver escorted the children off the bus before the front of the vehicle exploded.
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Steve Lacy Feels He Doesn’t ‘Owe Anyone an Apology’ After Smashing Fan’s Disposable Camera
‘I'm a real person with real feelings and real reactions. I'm not a product or a robot,’ the ‘Bad Habit’ singer said.
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From Delaware to Atlanta: How Alim Smith Went From Painting Memes on Social Media to Working with Instagram and FX’s Atlanta
Smith is an Afro-surrealist artist from Delaware who did all of the promotional artwork for season 3 of FX’s Atlanta.
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Cellphone Video Captured a Louisiana Sheriff’s Deputy Violently Slamming a Black Woman’s Head Against Pavement
Shantel Arnold said the deputy's assault happened moments after she was assaulted by a group of local boys.
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Curves Ahead: All-Female, NOLA-Based Motorcycle Club Caramel Curves Are Unexpected Tour Guides in New IGTV Show
It’d be no small statement to say the travel industry has been booming the last few years, especially among black women, who are making major moves as not only tourists, but travel entrepreneurs and influencers. Now, a group of women are blazing new trails in travel—in a puff of pink smoke. New Orleans, La.-based motorcycle…
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After Making History, New Orleans’ 1st Female Mayor, LaToya Cantrell, Is Ready to Shape the City’s Future
New Orleans Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell didn’t set out to make history. But as the city celebrates its 300th anniversary this year, she, too, will become part of its story as its first female mayor. For nearly 30 years, the Xavier University grad has been making New Orleans her home and the people her community. It’s…
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Calling Professional Black Girls Everywhere! Ready for a Road Trip?
“Professional Black Girl is, like, my favorite thing that I didn’t plan to do.” Dr. Yaba Blay is talking about her self-produced sleeper-hit video series, Professional Black Girl, which quietly rocked our worlds when it debuted in fall 2016. The 14-episode first season was an exploration of what Blay calls “black-girl culture”—in all its regular,…
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New Orleans Icon Leah Chase Is 95—and Fabulous
It’s dinnertime in the dining hall of the famous New Orleans soul food haven Dooky Chase’s Restaurant. Executive chef Leah Chase goes table to table with her walker, greeting and taking pictures with patrons who have come to dine on her world-famous fried chicken and gumbo. The place is teeming with history; Dooky Chase’s sits…
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Queen: CCH Pounder Celebrates the Art of Black Womanhood With an Exhibition at Xavier University
If you watch television, chances are you’ve watched CCH Pounder. Over the past 38 years, the Emmy-winning Guyanese actress—who celebrated her 65th birthday on Christmas Day—has accumulated well over 100 acting credits, including recurring roles in the Avatar franchise, ER, The Shield, Law and Order: SVU, Sons of Anarchy and, currently, NCIS: New Orleans. New…
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On Remembering Prince, ‘Baby Dolls’ Breaking Sexual Barriers and a New Orleans Second Line
In New Orleans’ historic Tremé neighborhood, a sea of “rainbow children” in purple wigs, sequins and sparkles saturated the streets. People of all ages, races, gender expressions and backgrounds followed the buoyant brass band horns and booty-shaking drumbeats of the second-line parade honoring the Purple One. We clapped, shouted and sang to the heavens. There…