Citizens Rally For Driver Safety On Indian Head Highway
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Judge Allows Racist FB Page As Evidence
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Honoring Fathers | Afro
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OJ Simpson says ‘Life is Fine’ After Prison
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New Maryland City Councilman Stopped in “Driving While Black” Incident
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Black Cop Who Shot a White Woman Sentenced to 12 1/2 Years in Prison
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Smithsonian Institution Appoints Its First African-American Secretary
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COMMENTARY: Mayor Dyer and Chief Mina Accused of Excessive Force in Lawsuit: What Has Changed?
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Democrats Hold Hearing on White Supremacy
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Mother Says Utah Officer Pulled Gun on her Son
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Ex-Classmates at all-Black Dallas School Gather to Remember
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Fighting Germans and Jim Crow: Role of Black Troops on D-Day
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COMMENTARY: U.S. Attempt to Erase Harriet Tubman
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Abrams Going to Hollywood Over GA Abortion Ban
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General Strike Launched in Sudan After Security Crackdown
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Is Pete Buttigieg Black Voters’ 2020 Presidential Dark Horse?
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Winston to lead Bed, Bath, Beyond
By Defender News Service Bed, Bath & Beyond now has Black girl magic on the executive board. The company has…
Rapper Scarface Running for Houston City Council Seat • EBONY
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Panic at DC Pride Parade Sends People Running
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Prolific Film and Literary Critic Kam Williams Dies
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[OP-ED] Environmental Justice Begins with Understanding how Climate Change Impacts African American Communities • EBONY
Air pollution is the number one environmental cause of death across the world, causing more deaths than vehicle crashes annually.…
Black Woman Tapped to Lead Bed, Bath, & Beyond
By Defender News Service Bed, Bath & Beyond now has Black girl magic on the executive board. The company has…
A Family Affair • EBONY
All true movie buffs remember the famous scene in sci-fi classic The Empire Strikes Back when Princess Leia finally shares…
Durant, Cook, Jenkins Team Up for Documentary
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Denzel Washington Feted with Lifetime Achievement Award by American Film Institute • EBONY
Denzel Washington was recognized with the American Film Insititute (AFI) Lifetime Achievement Award in Hollywood last night. Spike Lee presented…
Affordable Care Act Linked to Reduction in Racial Disparities in the Care of Cancer Patients: Report
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5 Love Lessons Learned from The Purple One
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PBS Documentary to Explore History of Transatlantic Slave Trade
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Acclaimed filmmaker Stanley Nelson and his production company Firelight Films announced that,…
Tidal Releases Prince “Originals” Album featuring 15 Songs [LISTEN] • EBONY
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Attorneys Seek Light Sentence for Cop who Shot 911 Caller
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Samuel L. Jackson and the Cast of Shaft are EBONY June 2019 Cover Stars [VIDEO] • EBONY
EBONY Magazine EBONY June 2019 issue cover stars are the cast of Shaft, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtree, Jessie Usher…
Spike Lee Calls for Hollywood to ‘Shut it Down’ in Georgia
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Documentary “This One’s for the Ladies” is an Intimate Look at Black Male Exotic Dancers [TRAILER] • EBONY
A new documentary, This One’s for the Ladies, hits theaters June 7 with an NC 17 rating. Filmmaker Gene Graham’s…
Prosecution Shifts in Heinous Homicide
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`Jazzy Summer Nights’ Celebrates 20 Years
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Baltimore Family Celebrates Patriarch’s 100th Birthday
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‘What If Obama Did That?’
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Cop Cars Targeted in Sex Assault Case
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Toronto Raptor Kyle Lowry Wants Fan Banned for Life After Being Shoved by Him During NBA Finals Game 3 [VIDEO] • EBONY
A fan was escorted from Game 3 of the NBA Finals Wednesday after shoving Toronto Raptors player Kyle Lowry, who…
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Valedictorian Address Cut Short as Iranian Student Names Young Black Men Killed by Law Enforcement • EBONY
The valedictorian speech delivered at the graduation ceremony of Dallas’ Emmet J. Conrad High School by Rooha Haghar, an Iranian…
Charm City `Olympics’ Coming in July
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Sneak Peek of Live-Action ‘The Lion King’ Starring Beyoncé as Nala [VIDEO] • EBONY
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EBONY’s Most Iconic Music Covers
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Sephora to Close for Diversity Training, Denies Connection to SZA Incident • EBONY
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Black Man Charged with Hate Crime
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Tracy Morgan Involved in Traffic Accident in $2M Bugatti • EBONY
Comedian Tracy Morgan was involved in a traffic accident in NYC Tuesday in which his new $2M Bugatti Veyron was…
Impeachment Hangs Over Trump, Top Dems Want Public Support
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India.Arie & David Banner Display Black Romance in ‘Steady Love’ [VIDEO]
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NY Teacher on Leave After Complaints of Mock Slave Auction
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Werq the World, featuring Shangela & Valentina, Offers Intimate Look into the World of Drag [VIDEO] • EBONY
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District Attorney Says Meek Mill Should Get New Trial, and Judge
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How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality • EBONY
In this trenchant ethnography of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in America, Northwestern professor, Celeste Watkins-Hayes, introduces us to women from a…
Timeline of R. Kelly’s Life and Career
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The Case Against R. Kelly’ Reveals Decades of Investigative Reporting by Jim DeRogatis • EBONY
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Man Accused of Killing His Child’s Mother, Fleeing to Cuba
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