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President Obama Criticized for Calling Kamala Harris ‘Best-Looking’ Attorney General

From HIV to Sexual Assault, Tyler Perry’s Latest Film is ALL KINDS of Problematic

College Student Returns Lost Wallet Containing $1,000

India Arie Accused of Lightening Her Skin for Promotional Photo

Happy 71st Birthday to The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin

Jada Pinkett Smith: Black Magazines Should Put White Women on Covers, and Vice Versa

President Obama: Michelle is Like Beyonce; ‘She Upgraded Me’

Kelly Rowland Talks Learning to Love Her Brown Skin

Homeless Woman Sent to Prison for Sending Child to Better School Out of Her District

Two Howard University Students are Suing AKA Sorority for Human Rights Violations

Brittney Griner Scores 50 POINTS, Slam Dunks Her Way to 90-68 Victory Over Kansas State

Rapper Kendrick Lamar Specifically Requested Dark-Skinned Model for New Music Video

Congress Finally Passes Violence Against Women Act

Maya Angelou to Younger Generation: You Are Not the B-Word; You Are Not the N-Word

Happy Birthday Nina Simone!

Hospital Accused of Granting Man’s Request that No Black Nurses Care for His Baby

Janay McFarlane Killed Same Day Her Sister Attended President’s Gun Violence Speech

Rosa Parks To Be First Black Woman Honored w/ U.S. Capitol Statue

One Year Later, Remembering Whitney Houston

Beyonce Nails National Anthem at Super Bowl Press Conference; Asks “Any Questions?”

Pentagon Lifts Ban on Female Service Members in Combat

Shawty Lo Wants You to Sign A Petition to Get ‘All My Babies Mommas’ Back On The Air

19 Year-Old Sloane Stephens Scores Major Upset Over Serena Williams

Lauryn Hill Changed A Generation

After Fierce Online Backlash, Shawty Lo’s ‘All My Babies Mommas’ Has Been CANCELED

Destiny’s Child To Reunite At The Super Bowl?!

Widow of Medgar Evers To Deliver Invocation at Obama Inauguration

San Francisco Teen Suspended from School Over Poem Inspired By Sandy Hook Shooting

Rapper Shawty Lo and His 10 Baby Mommas To Star in New Reality Show

Brooklyn Woman Suing NYPD After Being Arrested for Filming Stop and Frisk

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