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New Balance’s ‘Conversations Amongst Us’ campaign celebrates the ways we engage and communicate in the Black community

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Temple, Maryland rare D-1 schools with Black leadership

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LeVar Burton to appear in ‘Blindspotting’ season 2

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry return to U.K. to visit Queen Elizabeth for first time since departure 

Together, they quietly arrived in England this week and stopped by Windsor Castle to spend time with the 95-year-old queen.
/ April 15, 2022

Family seeks charges, officer’s ID in Patrick Lyoya’s death

Peter Lyoya took his six children from Congo in 2014 to escape violence. Now he fears he brought them to…
/ April 15, 2022
Eight Dead After Shootings At Three Atlanta-Area Spas

Atlanta police chief to retire amid rising homicide rate

Amid rising homicide rates, Atlanta Police chief Rodney Bryant is retiring from his role in June after three decades on…
/ April 15, 2022

Angela Bassett recalls meeting Chadwick Boseman years before ‘Black Panther’ 

Boseman was the Howard University student assigned to escort Bassett around campus the day she was commencement speaker.
/ April 15, 2022

‘Never Better’: A coming-of-age tale that recalls those early days when the pandemic ruled our lives

The national experience of COVID quarantine had such an impact on the American psyche that I’m sure we’ll be seeing…
/ April 15, 2022

Cowboys’ Kelvin Joseph a person of interest in Dallas murder investigation 

Joseph has reportedly admitted to being at the scene of Cameron Ray's drive-by yet denied being involved in the shooting. 
/ April 15, 2022

Elijah Kelley tapped to star as Sammy Davis Jr. in Lee Daniels’ 8-part Hulu limited series 

This project reunites Kelley and the director, who worked together previously on "Star" and the 2013 film, "Lee Daniels’ The…
/ April 15, 2022
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How to survive America: A requiem for Patrick Lyoya 

On Wednesday, authorities released footage of a Grand Rapids, Mich., police officer shooting Patrick Lyoya in the head at point-blank…
/ April 15, 2022

Penn Law professor says Black and Asian people are resentful of ‘Western achievement’

Professor Amy Wax is known for making racist and xenophobic remarks, and she's earning criticism for her latest statements.
/ April 15, 2022
Disney Studios' Los Angeles Premiere Of "West Side Story" - Arrivals

Ariana DeBose to star in queer rom-com ‘Two And Only’ with Afro-Latina cast

Fresh off her Academy Award win, actress Ariana DeBose has announced her next project will be a queer rom-com.
/ April 15, 2022
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Don’t believe that whitewashed version of Jackie Robinson they keep telling you about

April 15 marks the 75th anniversary of Robinson smashing Major League Baseball’s color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn…
/ April 15, 2022

‘Atlanta’: Can you see me now?

What if "Atlanta" did a whodunit episode? Something that plays on the tropes of police investigators interrogating a suspect.
/ April 14, 2022