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By Lillianna Byington, Brittany Brown and Andrew Capps | News21 JASPER, Texas — Former Texas prosecutor Guy James Gray keeps a 20-year-old CD in his desk that documents with graphic photos one of the most vicious hate crimes in history — the day James Byrd Jr. was beaten, stripped naked, tied to the back of […]
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WASHINGTON — Less than two months away from one of the most hotly contested midterm elections on record, The Black Women’s Agenda, Inc. (BWA) hosted its 41st Annual Symposium Town Hall and Awards Luncheon today, underscoring the importance of action and activism and encouraging civic engagement. A town hall this morning challenged more than 800 […]
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WASHINGTON – Whether you believe that champions are born or that they are made, Shane Jamil Hill-Taylor is irrefutable proof that they cross paths with Howard University. The senior sports management major and jiu-jitsu athlete was recently crowned the 5th International Brazilian Jui-Jitsu Federation World Champion, making him the very first African-American to hold the […]
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Los Angeles, CA – The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) will be without an African American on its Board of Trustees for the next two-and-half years after a unanimous vote by the Board’s current Trustees to appoint David Vela to fill the vacancy left when Sydney Kamlager-Dove was elected to the California Assembly. Vela […]
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Steven Burton is someone you might consider to be a revolutionary. In a good sense. The 33-year-old entrepreneur is making waves in the tuxedo and formal wear industry, creating a space called his own with the company he founded-Perfect Tux. In just a year and a half, Perfect Tux has made over $800,000 in revenue. […]
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NEW YORK — The Root, the premier news and culture publication for black America, is proud to unveil its 2018 class of Young Futurists, a distinction reserved for the best and brightest young African Americans, ages 15 to 22. The seventh edition of the annual list shines a light on the efforts and achievements of […]
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With its glowing reviews and box office success, Black Panther is a revelatory moment for the entertainment industry. The Marvel Studios film, with a script by African-American writers Joe Robert Cole and Ryan Coogler, directed by Coogler and featuring a gender-balanced cast of predominantly black actors, earned more than $260 million in the U.S. alone […]
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The National Football League’s flag issue was supposed to disappear with Colin Kaepernick out of the league. The NFL thought wrong. The problem has only picked up steam and is gaining an unforeseen momentum that the league owners didn’t anticipate. The recent detention by members of the Las Vegas Police Department of Seattle Seahawks defensive star Michael Bennett, will only add […]
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LOS ANGELES, CA-Bethune Middle School Principal Dr. Gail Garrett knew she was on to something when she thought of an idea to get more men on her campus at the South Los Angeles middle school. Male role models to emulate can be scarce in this part of town. When it comes to education, that equation […]
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LOS ANGELES-The Los Angeles Dodgers were the first team in Major League Baseball history to integrate. So it is fitting that the ballclub that brought us Jackie Robinson, would salute other African Americans considered to be icons in the sport. On a night where the Dodgers’ bats did most of the talking against the New […]
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LOS ANGELES–Representation is going to be crucial when it comes to dividing up the $3.55 billion windfall that is expected to come over the next decade after Measure H was approved by voters back in March. The faith community from various parts of the county came together at the Interfaith Summit on Homelessness at the […]
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LOS ANGELES-Women in red. Black women. White women. Latino women. Asian women. Professional and working-class women. Students and retirees. Women who showed up to attend a rally to celebrate International Women’s Day in front of Los Angeles City Hall smack in the middle of lunch hour during the middle of a work week in downtown Los […]
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There is something to be said about quiet strength. This was Arthur Ashe’s calling card. He achieved the greatest of heights without making a lot of noise. He didn’t have a reality show to promote himself. He didn’t need one. His deeds speak for themselves. He was so much more than a Hall of Fame […]
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New York, NY June 2015 – Ballet and fitness icon Misty Copeland graces the cover of Heart&Soul’s June/July Issue. Heart & Soul’s Editor-in-Chief, Anita Kopacz, expressed her elation at having the trailblazing ballerina on their cover and in an in-depth article about her journey to be a prima ballerina. “Misty took our breath away […]
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NORTHRIDGE, CA-Bounce TV, the first–ever over-the-air broadcast television network designed for African American audiences feature a hit original series, Family Time. Family Time, a popular sitcom going on to their fourth season is a show based on a black family who lives in the suburbs. Forewarning, this show is not your “average” black family sitcom; […]
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