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NYC inmate who suffered from mental illness ‘baked to death’ in jail cell

In Rolling Stone interview, Elton John reveals his desire to make hip hop music

Video: Damon Dash calls out reporters for portrayal of black men

Major changes coming to popular standardized test, could boost black student performance

BYP 100’s Charlene Carruthers among The Root’s list of ‘Young, Black and Feminist’

Discrimination lawsuit settled with black NYC firefighters, city

With just 35 students, Morris Brown remains open

Video: Documentary explores vilification, fear of black men

With video, high school students challenge the black male stereotype

Student activists follow Harvard’s lead with ‘I,Too Am Oxford’ and ‘I,Too Am Iowa’ campaigns

Simmons College of Kentucky gains accreditation, becomes second HBCU in state

15-year-old suspended for suspected ‘gang signs’ in picture

2 women dead: community pleads for answers with canvassing, prayer vigil

Amara for Chicago? Candidate sets eyes on biggest seat in city

Genius Alert: teen turns poverty into triumph

Oscar-nominated actress lands new role of Annie, racists on Twitter go nuts

Black students at U of I hold ‘silent protest’

Georgetown University’s black population is the latest to spark awareness about race on campus

Are we fetishizing Lupita Nyong’o?

Chris Brown diagnosed with Bipolar disorder, PTSD

Photo series sheds light on what’s it’s like to be black at Harvard

22-year-old KFC worker is the face of national wage fight

Black student arrested for filming officers in Texas, dragged by hair

Petition: ‘Dear record labels, stop degrading blacks’

UCLA student receives note telling her to ‘stop being a sensitive n***er’

Man hires KKK to kill black neighbors, begs judge for leniency in sentence

Police officer indicted for false drug arrests

Lupita Nyong’o says dark complexion was an ‘obstacle’ during her youth

“Not White People”

Pharrell responds to criticism of lack of black women on album cover

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