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Leticia Van De Putte: The Texas Unsung Hero

Don’t Miss FRUITVALE STATION in Theaters July 12

George Zimmerman Trial Witness Says She Heard Trayvon Martin’s Cries

Republicans Have Already Begun to Take Advantage of Yesterday’s Gutting of Voting Rights Act

BREAKING: Supreme Court Strikes Down Defense of Marriage Act

Diddy Launches Revolt TV this Fall!

Interracial Couple Launches Website to Counter Cheerios Ad Backlash

Where Is the Justice for Minority Students in the Public Education System?

Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Provision of Voting Rights Act

Clarence Thomas Compares Affirmative Action to Slavery and Segregation in Opinion

Ohio School Apologizes; Lifts Ban on Afro Puffs and Braids

Knock-Knock?!

The Heartless Demonization of A Murdered Child Named Trayvon

Today in Post-Race History: Nah, Bruh

Heat Win A Championship, Lebron gets a Ring (Again) & Poor People are Still Marginalized

REPORT: Black Youth Less Likely to Consume Alcohol Than White Peers

Laywer for Trayvon Martin’s Family Speaks Out on Jury Selection and Equal Justice

All-Female Jury Selected for Zimmerman Trial; 5 White Women, 1 Minority

Frederick Douglass Statue Unveiled at Capitol

Black GOP Candidate Erika Harold Called “Street Walker,” “Love Child of DNC” by Illinois GOP Official

Rhymes & Reasons Interviews Pugs Atomz About the Hip Hop Songs that Changed His Life

Mistrial Declared in Trial of Detroit Cop In Death of 7-Year Old Aiyana Stanley-Jones

The Fight For Black Men

Tracee Ellis Ross Launches “Hair Love” Campaign

84 Arrested in 7th Week of North Carolina Protests

Serena Williams Blaming Steubenville Rape Survivor For Her Attack

Hadiya Pendleton’s Parents Discuss Chicago Gun Violence Crisis

Ethel Hylton Graduates from Harvard w/ the Highest GPA in Her Class

Why I Wrote the “Profane” New Nat Turners

OWN Network Premieres “Dark Girls” Documentary This Sunday

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