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Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style
From PopMatters: In June 1943, in the midst of World War II, the city of Los Angeles erupted in violence. White sailors and soldiers, egged on by Anglo civilians, stopped streetcars and invaded movie...
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Gallery: The Week's Best Celebrity Style
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Red Carpet This week stars celebrated the success of black fashion designer Tracy Reese and attended numerous star-studded events, including the 2011 CFDA Awards, Samsung...
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Tracy Morgan Apologizes for Homophobic Rant
Filed under: News From the New York Daily News: Tracy Morgan's latest stand-up routine is getting a lot of word-of-mouth buzz - just not the good kind. Homophobic comments the comedian made during a...
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Whodini
Filed under: Black Music Month Whodini can be credited with a few hip-hop firsts. The Brooklyn trio (made up of rappers 'Jalil' Hutchins and John 'Ecstasy' Fletcher and Drew 'DJ Grandmaster Dee'...
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Chauncey Bailey: Yusuf Bey, Antoine Mackey Convicted Of Killing Oakland...
Filed under: News From the Huffington Post: A jury convicted the leader of a financially troubled community group of three murders, including the shotgun shooting death of the first American journalist...
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The Decline of the Black (Mega) Church
Filed under: News From Clutch Magazine: "I don't know what it is with the church. When you have a wreck, you expect for God to forgive you and everyone else. Don't let the preacher have a wreck, now....
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Carmelo Anthony New Face of Men's Ultra Sheen
Filed under: Hair Care Remember using that little blue jar of Ultra Sheen Conditioner & Hair Dress to slick down your ponytail when you were younger? Well, the Ultra Sheen brand has since updated...
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David Simon Responds To Eric Holder's Request
Filed under: Television All U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder wanted was to see his favorite show 'The Wire' come back to television for one more season or to the big screen in a movie adaptation. Who...
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What to do This Weekend: Black Angels Over Tuskegee
Black Angels Over Tuskegee: Winner of the 2009 NAACP Award for Best Ensemble, Layon Gray's historical drama tells the true story of the six men who became the first African-American fighter pilots in...
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Oscar Grant Shooter to Be Released Monday for "Good Behavior"
Filed under: News From The San Francisco Chronicle: A former BART police officer is expected to be released from jail Monday after doing his time for involuntary manslaughter for fatally shooting an...
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Cory Booker 'won't rule out' US Senate run in 2014
Filed under: News From The Grio: Newark, NJ - Mayor Cory Booker won't 'rule out' running for U.S. Senate in 2014, he told theGrio's Todd Johnson in a wide-ranging interview Thursday. "I can tell you...
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Black Men Respond to Kanazawa's Claim that Black Women Less Attractive
The hue and cry came swiftly and from almost every corner of the web. Black women, white women, Asian and Latino women all blasted evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa for his controversial...
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Are Women Obligated to Say Yes To Public Marriage Proposals?
Filed under: Relationships, Weddings, Marriage It was beautiful by many women's standards. He had music, a ring and all the right words, but he was also in front of a large audience that heard his...
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McDonald's Official Statement Condemns Racist Sign
From Mashable: Making the Twitter rounds on a super-sized scale today (under the hashtag of #seriouslymcdonalds) is this obviously fake sign that's allegedly in a McDonald's restaurant. It claims that...
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Tracy Morgan Gets Wanda Sykes, Cheyenne Jackson Callouts On Homophobic...
From the Huffington Post: The fallout from Tracy Morgan's homophobic rant continued to play out on Saturday, as several celebrities and Hollywood titans issued statements and took to Twitter to debate...
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2011 Tony Awards Airs Tonight; A Look At The African American Nominees
From indieWire: The 2011 65th Annual Tony Awards celebration (essentially the stage equivalent of the Oscars - theater's highest honor) airs tonight at 8PM EST on CBS. This year's list of potentials...
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'Loving' and the Fight for Marriage Equality, on the Eve of Prop 8 Motion to...
From LGBTQ Nation: On this day, 44 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia struck down laws that forbade African Americans and whites from marrying. The Loving decision was a...
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Scattergood Offered Help for African-American Kids
From Pasadena Star-News: Scattergood was the appropriately named organization for African-American children in Pasadena. It was founded by one woman, Mae Reese Johnson. Mae Reese Johnson was born in...
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Clarence Clemons Suffers Stroke: Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band...
From the Huffington Post: Saxophonist Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band has suffered a stroke. A person who has worked with Clemons in the past confirmed Sunday night that Clemons...
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Michelle Obama Wears $29.99 Gap Dress
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Fashion Week Head to your nearest Gap or check out the online availability of a $29.99 Gap dress that Michelle Obama wore this weekend on her way to Camp David. The First...
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