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Ore. School Staffer Wears Blackface to Protest Vaccine Mandate. She’s On Administrative Leave.
*A staff member at an elementary school in Newberg, Oregon, showed up to work in Blackface last week in an attempt to protest against...
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SpaceX Launch: Sian Proctor Makes History as First Black Female Spacecraft Pilot (Video)
*Dr. Sian Proctor is making history as we speak with her seat on SpaceX's Inspiration4, currently in a three-day orbit around Planet Earth.
The a...
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Why Texas NAACP Filed Federal Complaint Against University of Texas Over its School Song (Video)
The eyes of the Justice Department may soon be on "The Eyes of Texas."
The Texas chapter of the NAACP and a group of students...
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Museum’s ‘Reckoning With Remembrance’ Preserves The Memory Of Emmett Till
*WASHINGTON — In the middle of the night on Aug. 28, 1955, 14-year old Emmett Till was snatched from his great uncle’s home in...
Black History
Robert Purvis Commentary – Juneteenth: The Significance and Origin of the Holiday
*Juneteenth! Who would have thought that date (June 19th) would become a National Holiday after over a century of celebration by the Black community?
In...
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VIDEO: Josephine Baker’s Remains Headed to Paris’ Pantheon Monument, One of the Nation’s Highest Honors
*Singer, danger and activist Josephine Baker is set to become the first Black woman buried in Paris’ Panthéon monument, receiving one of the highest...
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VIDEO: DMV Moves to Restore 37,000 Black Gravestones Trashed in Potomac River by DC Developer
*A Virginia senator was exploring his newly purchased farm along the Potomac River with his wife when she noticed some strange rocks on the...
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Descendants of Tuskegee Study Encourage Black Folks to Get COVID Vaccine in 5 Min Documentary (Watch)
*A collective side eye toward the medical establishment among Black Americans is rooted in history, but some are aiming to change minds amid COVID...
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The Black Power Hour Urges the Biden Administration to Pardon Black Icon Marcus Garvey
*WASHINGTON, DC - August marks the birthday of Marcus Garvey, known as one of history’s, most prolific Black leaders. In the early 1900s, Garvey...
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VIDEO: Revs. Jesse Jackson, William Barber Arrested During Protest at Sen. Kirsten Sinema’s Office
More than 30 people, including Revs. Jesse Jackson and Dr. William J. Barber II, were arrested outside of the Phoenix office of Democratic Sen....
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John Oliver’s Plea for Reparations for Black Americans Goes Viral (Watch)
*A white British TV host's push for reparations for Black Americans Sunday night has piqued the interest of the Internet.
“We’re not actually talking about...
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We Remember: Civil Rights Activist Robert ‘Bob’ Moses dies at 86
*Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who was shot at and endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the...
Black History
Steven Ivory: How to Live Forever
*I’m not much of a handy man. If it can’t be remedied with the jiggle of a handle, it’s just plain out of luck....
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Watch Alfre Woodard Christen the Navy’s New USNS John Lewis (Video)
*A year to the day after the death of former U.S. Rep. John Lewis, friends, colleagues, 6 members of his family and more gathered...
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Kimora Lee Simmons’ Daughter (Aoki Lee) Betty Boops & Checkerboards Her Way in Debut | VIDEO
*Would you just look at her! A pretty and pouty faced Aoki Lee, 18, appears all grown-up following in mom Kimora Lee Simmons’ footsteps....
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