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Did a Florida church not hire a pastor because he was Black?
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CNN employees stunned by the use of Morgan Freeman’s voice in video
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11-year-old girl with Down syndrome allegedly struck by her teacher
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Striking Chicago teachers: We’ll return if classes are made up
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Kodak Black allegedly involved in prison fight, may have assaulted a guard
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Kanye West believes Blacks have been brainwashed by the democrats
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‘Ghost Adventures’ star Zak Bagans says he fell ill after investigating the real-life ‘Conjuring’ house
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Popeyes’ chicken sandwich is now so viral it’s become a Halloween costume
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Padma Lakshmi shares Halloween throwback on Instagram
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Democrats push impeachment rules package through House
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Mickey Rourke says he’ll give Trump a ‘left hook from hell’
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Megan Thee Stallion makes acting debut in new series ‘Hottieween’
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Miranda Lambert gushes over husband Brendan McLoughlin: I ‘smile from the inside’
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DL Hughley isn’t here for Van Jones’ diss of Kamala Harris
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Marie Osmond recreates Gwen Stefani’s ‘Sweet Escape’ look for Halloween
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Chicago teachers strike ends after 11 days without school
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After Closure in Face of Fire Engulfing L.A., Getty Center in Will Reopen Saturday -ARTnews
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Kim Kardashian channels Reese Witherspoon in ‘Legally Blonde’-inspired Halloween costume
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Bobby Brown says New Edition coined the ‘Just Say No’ slogan of the ’80s
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Cuba Gooding Jr. pleads not guilty to new misconduct claim
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5 tips for Black entrepreneurs from media mogul Byron Allen
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‘Teen Mom’ star Jenelle Eason announces separation from husband
Jenelle Eason, former star of “Teen Mom,” announced on Twitter and Instagram Thursday that she and her kids have moved…
Obama told y’all to stop ‘canceling’ every damn body and there’s a good reason why
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Aaron and Jordan Rodgers are working on rebuilding their relationship after feud: reports
Brothers Aaron Rodgers and Jordan Rodgers are reportedly in the process of mending broken fences. The NFL quarterback and the…
Lupita Nyong’o dresses as her character in ‘Us’ for Halloween, terrifies fans at Universal Studios
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Pink says she was approached for Super Bowl 53 halftime show: ‘I’d probably take a knee and get carried out’
Before Maroon 5 snagged halftime show duties at Super Bowl 53 this past February, Pink was approached about the gig.…
Black student calls out white professor who used the n-word in class as an ‘experiment’
University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. According to CBC, Wednesday, Andrew Wenaus, an English professor at the University of Western…
Fall Classic Finale: ESPN Radio Broadcasts Games Six and Seven of World Series
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ESPN’s Dan Shulman Calls Final Out of Game 7 as Washington Nationals Win 2019 World Series: “And the Celebration Begins”
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National Women’s Soccer League Championship on ESPN is the Most-Viewed NWSL Match in Three Years
Sunday’s National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Championship– a 4-0 North Carolina Courage victory over the Chicago Red Stars– was seen…
UFC 244: The Battle in the Big Apple for the Baddest in UFC – Only on ESPN+
UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz streams exclusively on ESPN+ PPV on Saturday, November 2, at 10 p.m. ET from The…
World of X Games November 2019 Lineup
The November programming on World of X Games takes a deep dive into winter sports, kicking off with the most…
Videos: NBA Superstar Kevin Durant Discusses Injuries, Departure From the Warriors & More on ESPN’s First Take
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ESPN Studio Shows Deliver Audience Growth in October
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Fall Concert Celebrates 100 Years of Scholarship
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Capital Gazette Shooter Enters Guilty Plea
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Op-Ed: After 66 Years, Arena Players Still Steals the Show
By Tabb Bishop and Larry YoungSpecial to the AFRO Baltimore natives celebrate the accomplished entertainers who lived in their city,…
Yoes To Interview Bridgeford During Balt. Book Festival
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AFRO Exclusive: ‘Harriet’ Depicts a True, Black Superhero, Stars Weigh In
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Know Your Girls Pushes Breast Cancer Awareness Among Black Women
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Baltimore’s Ferguson Takes the Senate’s Big Chair
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Sen. Kamala Harris Honors Late Rep. Elijah Cummings With Statement in Congressional Record • EBONY
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Young Makes It Official: He’s Running
By The Associated Press and AFRO Staff Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young has officially started campaigning to secure a…
11 Resources and Organizations Dedicated to Domestic Violence Victims
Last Thursday, 52-year-old Jerome Rivers was released from Rikers Island correctional facility, and within 24 hours had killed his estranged…
Sophisticated Settings — Lifestyle — November 1, 2019
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How the Best Scene in ‘Boomerang’ Almost Didn’t Happen • EBONY
There’s no denying that Boomerang is a cult classic in the paradigm of Black films. Directed by Reginald Hudlin, whose…
Matthew Abbott, Abstract Painter of Clever, Colorful Geometric Forms, Is Dead at Age 54 -ARTnews
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Doris Salcedo Wins $1 M. Nomura Award, World’s Largest Art Prize -ARTnews
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Morning Links from October 31, 2019 -ARTnews
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Mike Cloud Invents a New Kind of Portrait Painting -ARTnews
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Tom Finkelpearl, One of New York’s Foremost Arts Leaders, Leaves City’s Department of Cultural Affairs -ARTnews
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Who Gave You the Right to Tell That Story? | Vulture
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Watch: The 1619 Project, Live at the Smithsonian | The New York Times Magazine
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NYC Monument Will Honor African-American Family Displaced to Make Way for Central Park | Smithsonian.com
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Woman, 23, who texted her dead father’s phone every day for four years finally gets a text back and discovers she had been sending messages to a bereaved man who lost his daughter in a car crash | Daily Mail
An Arkansas woman who lost her father four years ago but texted his phone every day to share updates on…
‘Start Here’: Hurricane-force winds fuel California fires, House to vote on impeachment inquiry resolution
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