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#BlackExcellence: Misty Copeland, Calvin Royal III score first in The American Ballet Theatre

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Miami Hilton hotel dishwasher awarded $21.5M for being forced to work on Sundays

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Chicago police officers found NOT GUILTY for covering up fatal Laquan McDonald shooting

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Common wishes Travis Scott would pull out of the Super Bowl Halftime Show: “They don’t really support Black people”

Rapper and activist, Common reveals he wants Travis Scott to pull out of his slated Super Bowl halftime show performance.
/ January 17, 2019
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Cardi B, Janelle Monae and more artists performing at the Grammys

Cardi B, Janelle Monae Camila Cabello, and more stars announced as performers at the 2019 Grammy Awards going down on February 10.
/ January 17, 2019
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Despite Colin Kaepernick controversy, Gladys Knight set to sing national anthem at Super Bowl LIII

[griojw id=”pvDmeNmO” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   The NFL is hoping you will jump on the midnight train to Georgia for Super Bowl […]
/ January 17, 2019
Christian Philon says he was suspended for using money he didn't know what fake to pay for school lunch. (WSB-TV)

Black honor roll student receives 10-day school suspension for accidentally using fake money to pay for lunch ‘The whole process has been unfair’

An honor roll student at a Georgia middle school who paid for his lunch with the $20 bucks his dad handed him was handed down a 10-day suspension because the school claims the bill was fake.
/ January 17, 2019
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Muhammad Ali honored with the renaming of Louisville Airport

Muhammad Ali, the legendary heavyweight boxing champion and social justice activist who unapologetically became known as “The Greatest” is being remembered in his hometown with the renaming of the Louisville Regional Airport in honor of his legacy.
/ January 17, 2019
Cardi B on government shutdown is all of us. (Cardi B/Instagram) thegrio.com

Cardi B tears into Trump’s government shutdown in epic video setting social media ablaze

[griojw id=”hRSG9rp4″ playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Cardi B had a word for Donald Trump and his petty tactics to shut down the […]
/ January 17, 2019
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Chicago inspectors find code violations at R. Kelly’s studio

Chicago building inspectors have found code violations at R. Kelly’s recording studio, including evidence the industrial space was used as a residence.
/ January 17, 2019