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NYC building turns away black tenants, lawsuit filed

Who’s dominating Hip-Hop, Rock and Pop music? Ester Dean

Lupita Nyong’o options rights to film based on Americanah

Changes to mandatory life sentence law prompts men to ask for second chances

Tiffany & Co. sued for racial discrimination

Event: Remembering Maya Angelou

Google admits to lack of diversity in staff

It’s official: Apple solidifies $3 billion deal with Dr. Dre

LaVerne Cox makes history as first trans person to be featured on cover of TIME

Former Spelman co-valedictorians continue to succeed with self-help book

Beyoncé class in session at Rutgers University

White dancer cries racism at African festival

With moving words, Oprah Winfrey reflects on legacy of Maya Angelou

Viral photo of gay dads turns into book about family

Stacey Dash joins FOX news as contributor

With Kickstarter campaign, LeVar Burton hopes to bring back ‘Reading Rainbow’

Report: being poor increases cancer risks

7-year-old boy saves child from being kidnapped

In first appearance, Englewood teen upsets in French Open

Groups push for NFL players to join in fight against Redskins name

Maya Angelou dead at 86

WNBA launches campaign geared toward LGBT fans

New York celebrates jazz legend’s birthday with unveiling of ‘Miles Davis Way’

Woman who left kids in car during job interview granted supervised visits

MLK Memorial statue finally unveiled in Houston

Judge smacks mentally ill man, tells him ‘run n-word run’

16-year-old sentenced to 15 years for robbery after judge changes mind

Woman reaches $650,000 settlement after being shot in wrongful drug raid

Mothers take crime scene, use it as ‘street lesson’ for sons

Update: Nigerian defense chief claims missing girls have been located

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