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GoFundMe Page Raises $60K for Black Church Burned and Vandalized with ‘Vote Trump’ Graffiti

*Donations have been pouring in to help a a black church in Greenville, Mississippi that was burned and vandalized Tuesday night with graffiti that...

NAACP Sues North Carolina Over Voter Purge Targeting African Americans

*The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) of North Carolina filed a federal lawsuit Monday that accuses the state Board of...

Is Black America Ignoring the Biggest Civil Rights Case in Decades: Byron Allen vs. Charter Cable? (Watch)

*Attorney Antonio Moore and Political Commentator Yvette Carnell discuss the recent decision allowing Billionaire Byron Allen to proceed against Charter Communication under a law...

New African-American Museum So Popular it’s Sold Out Thru March, 2017!

*To say the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is on everybody's bucket list is an understatement. Put it...

Message to Those Voting ‘Third Party’ — Put Your Big Boy/Girl Pants On! (Video)

*So you think you're doing something special? Out of the box rebellious? Or even cute as you head to the polls and vote third...

Civil Rights Hero from Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-In Criticized for Backing Donald Trump

*Clarence Henderson, one of the original black students hailed as a hero in 1960 for taking part in the Greensboro lunch counter sit-in, is currently drawing...

Pro Bono Family Law Services to Serve Low Income Families

*Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center will join with Jenesse Center, Inc. at Jenesse’s South Los Angeles location to hold the “Unite for Families”...

Watch Veteran Black Reporter Steve Crump Confront Man Who Called Him the N-Word

*Cameras for Charleston, SC’s WBTV (Channel 3 news) were rolling when its veteran reporter Steve Crump confronted a white man who had called him...

Robertson Treatment Syndicated Column (RTSC): Dr. Marc Lamont Hill – Offers A Prescription To Crimes Against Black America

As the host of BET News and VH1 Live, as well as a political contributor for CNN, Dr. Marc Damont Hill is one of...

Rachel Dolezal Tapped to Speak at Martin Luther King Event in North Carolina

*She’s baaack. Rachel Dolezal, the former Washington state NAACP leader who made national headlines when a reporter revealed she was not African American as she...

‘Black Obituary Project’ Let’s You Write Your Own Obit Before Being Killed by Police

*Meet Ja’han Jones. He's a writer had an epiphany earlier this year when he noticed that 197 black people had already been killed by...

Ava DuVernay’s ‘The 13th’ Gets Standing Ovation at NY Film Festival Premiere

*Ava DuVernay’s documentary “The 13th” received a standing ovation for the filmmaker on the opening day of the New York Film Festival, according to...

Heartbreaking: Sobbing Girl, 9, Scolds Charlotte City Council: ‘I Can’t Stand How We’re Treated’ (Watch)

*During a city council open forum in Charlotte, North Carolina, 9-year-old Zianna Oliphant tearfully begged for an end to the violence and discrimination African...

Civil Rights Museum in N.C. Rejects ‘Disrespectful’ Donald Trump’s Request to Visit

*A civil rights museum in North Carolina has denied presidential candidate Donald Trump’s request for a visit, saying his campaign’s demands were “disrespectful.” The International Civil...

National Museum of African American History and Culture Finds a New Way to Tell Stories

*Yesterday (09-24-16) marked the grand opening of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). A museum 100 years in the...

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