11 year-old Keris Roger’s sister, Taylor Pollard was fed up with her baby sister being racially bullied at school for her darker skinned complexion. Well, back in late March, Pollard posted a tweet about her sisters experience that outraged social media, creating a furry of tweets leading to the post going viral. Pollard’s March 26 […]
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Six African-American women for the first time in history– are sitting police chiefs in the state of North Carolina. The women represent Raleigh, Durham, Morrisville and Fayetteville, respectively. Catrina Thompson is the chief of police in Winston-Salem and Patricia Norris is the director and chief of police for Winston-Salem State University’s police force. Among them
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Venus Williams, Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys make history as for the first time in U.S. Open history, three black women have advanced to the quarterfinal round. For the first time in the tennis competition’s history, it’s exciting to have three black women who all have advanced to the quarterfinal round. On Monday, Sept. 4,
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Pictured: Oprah at “Queen Sugar” press event. Barbra Streisand, Beyoncé, Julia Roberts, Barbra Streisand, George Clooney, Oprah Winfrey and more, are among the stars lined up to appear in a one-hour telethon set for September 12, that will raise money for Hurricane Harvey relief. “Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Harvey Relief” will air live
Since Hurricane Harvey stormed ashore Friday, and dropped more than two feet of rain, thousands of people in Houston, Corpus Christi, Port Arthur and along the Gulf Coast have been displaced. The most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years has killed at least 25 people and forced 30,000 people to flee to emergency
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August 28th is not just another day. At least not for black America. It’s a day to honor, remember and to reflect on the significant historical events that happened on this date. On this day in 1955, fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Money, Mississippi. Exactly eight years later in 1963, over 250,000 thousand marched on Washington to demand
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I am a strong advocate of the concept of free speech. However, allowing Nazis and neo-Nazis the freedom spew their racist language and create discord (and death) in our country is beyond the pale of “expressing oneself”. The world fought WWII because of Nazi hate speech that claimed the lives of 60 million people (some
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Multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning singer/songwriter/producer/director/musician Bruno Mars makes a surprise announcement to the audience in Auburn Hills, Michigan as he announced to his sold-out “24K Magic World Tour” that he’s donating $1 million from the show to provide aid to the victims of the Flint water crisis. The stellar entertainer stunned ticket-holders at the Palace of Auburn Hills
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PORTLAND, OR — Mayor Ted Wheeler on Monday announced he’d selected Danielle Outlaw as the city’s new chief of police. Outlaw, a 19-year veteran of the Oakland Police Department, will be the first black female police chief in the city of Portland. Outlaw is expected to take over for Chief Mike Marshman no later than
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The NAACP and Fuse (www.fuse.tv) have teamed up to raise awareness and advance the dialogue of the issues highlighted in Show Me Democracy, the first film featured in Fuse’s recently announced documentary series entitled “We The Dreamers.” Premiering on Saturday, April 29 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Fuse, Show Me Democracy follows seven St. Louis college students as they evolve into advocates and activists in the wake
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