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BREAKING: Donald Sterling to allow wife to orchestrate sale of Clippers

Angela Bassett to direct movie on Whitney Houston

UPDATE: Mark Cuban apologizes

11-year-old Ramarni Wildred scores higher than Albert Einstein on Mensa test

Student with best GPA at school denied title of valedictorian, fights and wins co-valedictorian

Organizers hope to celebrate Sun Ra’s birthday with 100 sax players

In federal lawsuit, friends of Oscar Grant reach settlement

Civil rights activist Vincent Harding dead at 82

Mark Cuban admits to being a bigot, says we all prejudge people

14-year-old arrested, allegedly tossed through glass window

Yasiin Bey barred from re-entering the U.S., cancels tour

20-year-old Chicago native accepted into Harvard Ph.D. program

Lupe Fiasco named U.S. Soccer’s music director

Boko Haram strike again, killing 48 people

Update: Georgia senior who pulled yearbook prank allowed to walk across stage

Arsenio Hall has his eyes set on owning the Clippers, will donate to NAACP if short of goal

BYP 100 joins hundreds in protest of school-to-prison pipeline

Woman blinded by cop during pepper-spray attack, jury can’t reach decision

Teen headed to Yale surprised with shopping spree from Raiders

Study: job market discriminates against black graduates

Will Smith & Jada Pinkett-Smith under investigation by Children and Family Services

There’s no ‘Hood Disease’ after all

Former NAACP LA chapter president defends Donald Sterling

One quarter of CPS’s budget spent at just three schools

Senior may be banned from graduation for clever yearbook joke

Update: police commissioner resigns over racist comments about President

After releasing trailer, Beyoncé, Jay Z Under Pressure to Make ‘Run’ Movie

Erika Hayes James becomes Emory Business School’s first black female dean

Store displays slave outfit with ’12 Years a Slave’ DVD

Men arrested for sagging pants in South Carolina

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