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Video: 9-year-old girl courted by college basketball team
A 9-year-old girl who is super skilled in basketball is being scouted by the University of Miami Coral Gables. Jaden Newman, who is in the fourth grade, currently plays on her local high school’s varsity squad. She was sent an official recruitment letter and has already toured the campus.
Black man dressed in KKK attire awarded $215,000
A black man who was tossed out of a city commission meeting in Los Angeles for wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood has been awarded $215,000. The City Council voted Wednesday to settle a free-speech lawsuit filed by Michael Hunt.
Meet Audra McDonald, Broadway’s biggest Tony Award winner of all time
Audra McDonald celebrated her sixth Tony Award win on Sunday at the 68th annual Tony Awards, and she made history doing it. The win makes McDonald the most decorated actress on Broadway.
Former gang member earns degree, among school’s first graduating class
Jamil Boldian, Krishaun Branch and Rayvaughn Hines are among Urban Prep High School’s first graduating class to receive college degrees. The all-male charter school is housed in Chicago’s Englewood community.
UNC’s Rashad McCants says tutors wrote his papers, showed up to class half of the time
The second-leading scorer on North Carolina’s basketball team that took home the 2004-2005 national title, told ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” that tutors wrote his term papers and he rarely went to class. Rashad McCants’ confession comes amid a scandal involving the University of North Carolina’s unfair practices when keeping athletes academically eligible.
Deadly disease no match for terminally ill teen’s ambition
A 19-year-old teen who is suffering from a deadly form of cancer has landed a record deal with Sony Music Entertainment. Jeff Mortimer was just 16 when he was diagnosed with spindle cell sarcoma, a form of muscle cancer.
Report: Violence against Gender non-conforming people
According to a recent report released by Affinity 95, transgender people and people of color are more likely to be victim of hate crimes, especially homicides. The report, “Violence Against Gender Non-Conforming People,” was released Tuesday.
Kendrick Lamar breaks stereotype by purchasing modest home
Kendrick Lamar is arguably one of the hottest rappers in the game right now. GQ’s “Rapper of the Year” is not making headlines for his music, but his very modest purchase (compared to other rappers), of a home recently.
Google admits to lack of diversity in staff
On Wednesday, Google publicly released data on the diversity of its workforce, and admitted it was disappointed with its record for hiring African Americans, Latinos and women.
With Kickstarter campaign, LeVar Burton hopes to bring back ‘Reading Rainbow’
Actor LeVar Burton (Roots, Star Trek) is hoping to bring back his influential series Reading Rainbow, which aired on PBS from 1983-2006. Burton has started a Kickstarter campaign, hoping to raise $1 million to create a web-based show.
Maya Angelou dead at 86
World-renowned poet, actress and novelist Maya Angelou has passed away. She was 86 and died at her home in North Carolina according to her publicist Helen Brann.
Update: Nigerian defense chief claims missing girls have been located
According to Nigerian officials, a group of more than 200 missing school girls who were abducted by Nigerian extremist last month have been located. But Air Marshal Alex Bedeh told demonstrators that the fear of using force could get the girls killed.