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Culture

Ruth Simmons: Pioneer of Education and First Black Female Ivy League University President

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Diversity in Cinematic Vision Is Just as Important as Diversity Behind the Scenes

National

Controversial NAACP Leader Rachel Dolezal Steps Down (Update)

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Cleveland Police Officer Says Tamir Rice Was Ordered to Surrender, Eye Witnesses State Otherwise Per Report

Culture

There’s a Message in the Music: Black Music Month Should Celebrate the Positive, Not the Negative Aspects of Today’s Artistry

Culture

OWN Drops Docu-series About Man With 34 Children, But the Damage Has Already Been Done

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More Than 150 Years After Emancipation Proclamation, Changes Sought and Needed

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The Truth About Overcoming Mental Illness in the Black Community

National

Albert Woodfox: 43 Years a Slave on the Angola Prison Plantation

National

Could African Americans Learn from High-Scoring African Students?

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The New Age of Bullying: Cyber and In-Person Harassment and Black Children

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Newly Launched Training Program Seeks to Set Black Male Entrepreneurs Up for Success

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Hip-Hop Fuels Netflix’s New Series ‘The Get Down’

Health & Wellness

Yes Means Yes: Sex Education Has Undergone Significant Changes

Opinion

What the Institution of Slavery Meant for The Shaping of American Culture

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Hollywood’s New Love Affair with Taraji P. Henson Should Not Underscore Her 15 Years in the Business

Culture

How Jill Brown-Hiltz Paved the Way for Black Female Pilots in the U.S. Airline Industry

Africa

Ghana’s ‘Right of Abode’ Program Could Attract More Black People from Across the Globe But Marred by Loopholes

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Predatory Lending and the Deliberate Destruction of Black Economic Power

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Black Women and Plastic Surgery: Is Going Under the Knife the New Trend?