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Morehouse College President Says Visit With Trump Was ‘Troubling’
President Donald Trump met on Monday with more than 60 presidents from historically black colleges and universities to discuss his February 28 executive order and the overall needs of black schools. Given Trump’s controversial relationship with black people, many social media users suspected the meeting was a fruitless photo-op. It seems they were correct. Morehouse College […]
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Family Demands Answers After Their Muslim Son Was Found Hanged In The Woods
A family in Washington state is asking the FBI to investigate the mysterious death of their son, a young black Muslim man. Ben M. Keita, 18, was reported missing on Nov. 27, the Lake Stevens Police Department posted on Facebook. On Jan. 9, Officials found that he had been hanged in a wooded area. Medical […]
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Michigan Ends Flint Water Credit Amid Disagreement on Recovery
After weeks of meetings aimed at extending state-provided water relief credits, residents of Flint, Michigan, will resume paying the full price for water they still need to filter and have not been able to drink safely since April 2014. The credits, totaling roughly $40 million in aid, have covered 65 percent of residents’ water usage […]
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Rihanna Receives Harvard University’s Humanitarian Award & Delivers Inspiring Speech
As one of the world’s most famous female singers of today, Rihanna‘s contribution to the world has been plenty impactful in itself. But something fans may forget is how philanthropic…READ MORE
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After 130 Years, Harvard Law Review Elects a Black Woman President
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — It has been 27 years since the first black man, an older student by the name of Barack Obama, was elected president of the prestigious Harvard Law Review. It has been even longer — 41 years — since the first woman, Susan Estrich, was elected…READ MORE
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The Oscars Made History By Awarding Record-Breaking Number Of Black Stars
Black Excellence for the win. History was made at the 2017 Academy Awards on Sunday night with a record number of wins by black stars, and, ultimately by awarding the most diverse group of Oscar winners since the show began in 1929. History was not only made by the number of collective wins among stars […]
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Spicer: Feds could step up enforcement against marijuana use in states
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Thursday that he expects states to be subject to “greater enforcement” of federal laws against marijuana use, a move that could undercut the growing number of jurisdictions…READ MORE
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Egypt’s Nubians fight for ancestral land earmarked for mega-project
A strip of desert near Aswan city is one of the last remaining areas of the once thriving Nubian empire in southern Egypt, but its descendants are banned from setting foot there. When a group of 150 protesters tried, in November, to reach the area, the closest they came to it was a sit-in on […]
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Legrand Clegg II, ESQ.
LEGRAND H. CLEGG II, ESQ. Retired city attorney for Compton, now in private practice has been a noted authority in the fields of African and American history and culture for well over 35 years. his video production is entitled “When Black Men Ruled The World”. By way of the Clegg Videos, Audio Tapes, Study Guides […]
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General Jeff
Early in his life, General Jeff made a name for himself in the West Coast hip hop community. He served as hype man for Rodney O & Joe Cooley before working as an assistant and bodyguard for DJ Quik (hiding Quik from danger, as it turns out, following the murder of The Notorious BIG). In […]
