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14-year-old couldn’t find a job, now he’s the CEO of his own business

Doc Rivers to quit job as Clippers coach if Donald Sterling still owns team

BYP100 makes list of ‘Leaders of the New School’

Student who went to MIT at 14 still shines today

Tony Dungy on Michael Sam: ‘I wouldn’t want to deal with all of it’

Queen Like Me: new children’s book tells stories of powerful black women

Report: black male teens want relationships, not just sex

White man slaps, spits on 79-year-old notable judge for cigarette

White TV anchor suspended for comments about fatherless black men

Alice Coachman, first black woman to win Olympic gold medal dead at 90

These images shatter the ‘absent black father’ stereotype

Teen shoots dog, gets 23 years in prison

Family of man shot by NYPD cop settles for $2.25 million

Black contractors demand fair hiring practices

LeBron James will return home to play for Cleveland Cavaliers

Professor thrown to ground by cops pleads guilty

LaVerne Cox makes history yet again: becomes first transgender woman nominated for Emmy

Report: children of well-educated black parents have brighter futures

16-year-old drugged and raped, finds out via social media after peers make fun of incident

Clothing company in hot water after matching black child’s face with body of monkey

Former inmate creates million dollar company

Residents in Minneapolis slam Bar Louie dress code

Award-winning director Alton Glass makes history, wins in all nominated categories at Black Film Festival

Columbus Short: ‘the last three months have been the most trying times of my life’

Report: more than 55% of black households are ‘underbanked’ or ‘unbanked’

14-year-old boy risks life to save disabled man, dog from deadly fire

Video: man arrested for sleeping on train

Residents, city officials celebrate Whole Foods ground breaking ceremony in Englewood

A list of empowering books for little black girls

Fast food worker says she was forced to clean floors, bathrooms with toothbrush

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