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Long Island Teen Gets Accepted Into All 8 Ivy League Schools

8 Black Women Graduate with PhD from Indiana University in May

Jackson City Council Passes Resolution to Mississippi Bill

Esperanza Spalding is Back After Three Years

BET Finally Acquires the Soul Train Brand

“The Hair Tales” Reminds Us of the Magic of Black Hair

Beyoncé Opens Up During Interview with ELLE Magazine

James Dixon’s Arrest Raises Questions About Media Coverage Of Islan Nettles Murder

Same-Sex Couples Can Now Adopt in All 50 States

Hate Group Outnumbered by Armed Worshipers at Texas Mosque

Meet the Academics Behind Black Lives Matter

Jesse Williams to Star and Produce Harry Belafonte Biopic

Kehlani, Depression, and Why It’s Time to Stop Belittling It

The ‘White Boy In Locs’ Movement Isn’t Just About A Hairstyle

11-Year-Old Closes Lemonade Expansion Deal With Whole Foods

Sean Combs’ Charter School Is Great, But Only Half The Answer

‘Black Girl Nerds’ Founder Jamie Broadnax On Being Black, Woman, and Nerdy

This Video Explains What It Means to Be Afro-Latinx

This Poet Is Calling Out The Founding Fathers For Their Erasure Of Black People

It’s Time Black Actresses Played More Than The ‘Sassy’ Sidekick

Black Girls Rock! Pushes Back Against Erasure Of Black Women On TV

Teen Promotes ‘The Go’ As Chicago’s New Nickname With T-Shirt Campaign

Kelly Rowland’s New Makeup Line Is For Us Highly Melanated Folks

UFC Fighter Ronda Rousey’s Great Grandfather was a Famous Black Physician

Slam Poet Makes Devastating Mad Lib About Police Brutality

Mizzou Students Release Short Film Called ‘Concerned Student 1950’

Milwaukee Coalition Advocates For Triple Homicide To Be Labeled a Hate Crime

Fox 2000 Buys Film Rights to Black Lives Matter movie, Amandla Stenberg to Star

Couple Forced To Undergo ‘Spelling Test’ To Vote In North Carolina Primary

How To Get Away with Murder and Its Complicated Representation of Blackness

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