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Oklahoma Civil Rights Icon Clara Luper Passes Away
From Clutch: Widely credited with the desegregation of Oklahoma City, Civil Rights icon Clara Luper passed away last Wednesday. She was 88 years old. Marilyn Hildreth, Luper's daughter said her...
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Snapped: Holly Robinson Peete Honored As A 'Woman of Excellence"
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Red Carpet Holly Robinson Peete was honored with the 'Woman Of Excellence Award' at Luxe Hotel in Los Angeles this weekend. 'The Talk' co-host wore a bright geometric...
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Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh
Filed under: Black Music Month Although Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh may be known as solo artists today, the two rappers solidified their status as hip-hop icons when they joined forces in the...
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Jesse Jackson's "I Am Somebody" 40 Years Later
It was 1968, not long after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., when a young Jesse Jackson, still emotionally devastated by his mentor's death, stood amid a crowded tent city. People...
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Summer Beach Essentials
Filed under: Fashion Files, Trends Beach bound? Be sure to pack these essentials to protect your skin and enjoy your fun in the sun.Share Tweet Flip Flops: Give your feet a break from the hot sand and...
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McDonald's Feeling the Heat After Racist Sign Hoax
Over the weekend, this fake sign made its way around the Twitterverse. It's an old online hoax that has found new legs as it gets passed around with the hashtag #seriouslymcdonalds. Chalk up another...
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5 Spaces to Decorate With Mirrors
Filed under: Beautiful Home Mirrors can be used in a variety of ways to dress up your home. They're not just for checking your outfit and makeup in the morning. Don't be afraid to live in a house of...
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Because Tracy Morgan Isn't Funny
Filed under: Entertainment If anyone thinks this Tracy Morgan fiasco has anything to do with the controversial statements he made about gay people at a standup show on June 3 in Nashville, the joke is...
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Katt Williams Arrested, Again
Filed under: Gossip As if Katt Williams' track record with the law could get any worse, the comedian turned actor has landed himself in hot water once again. Over the weekend the 39-year-old funnyman...
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Fab 5 Freddy on His New Art Show and Avoiding '80s New York Nostalgia
From Paper Mag: When he's not kicking back with hip-hop royalty, chilling in his Harlem brownstone, having dinner with David LaChapelle or managing one of his numerous side-ventures -- most recently...
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American Black Film Festival: 15 Years Later, Still Necessary
Glancing at the Hollywood landscape today, it might appear that ethnic film festivals like this year's American Black Film Festival are relics from cinema's more segregated past. The four-day event,...
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Top 13 Unexpected (But Memorable) Rap Collaborations
Filed under: Black Music Month When Run-DMC joined forces with aging rockers Aerosmith on the breakthrough 1986 hit, 'Walk This Way,' the collaboration bridged any cultural gap that had previously...
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On College Forms, a Question of Race, or Races, Can Perplex
From the New York Times: At the beginning of the college application season last fall, Natasha Scott, a high school senior of mixed racial heritage in Beltsville, Md., vented about a personal dilemma...
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Herman Cain Still Wants You to Know That He's Blacker Than Obama
From the Salon: It has been quite a week for Herman Cain, and yet somehow it is still only Monday afternoon. He is still in favor of loyalty tests for hypothetical Muslims serving in his...
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Is the Fashion Industry Racist?
From the Daily Mail: What are we to make of yet another series of damaging headlines for fashion? After the revelation that John Galliano nursed hatred for Jews comes the news that the hairdresser...
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Snapped: Viola Davis at The 65th Annual Tony Awards
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Red Carpet Actress Viola Davis glowed in a purple jewel toned gown at the 65th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday. Last year the two time Tony Award winner starred in 'Fences'...
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'CSI' Star, Gary Dourdan, Arrested for Drug Possession
Filed under: NewsAceShowBiz.com: Actor, Gary Dourdan, was arrested after police responded to a report that Gary crashed into two parked vehicles. Read the full story: AceShowBiz.comShare Tweet...
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Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom
Today marks the 200th birthday of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the abolitionist and author who gave us 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' the profoundly influential anti-slavery opus, and the character Uncle Tom,...
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Obama: My Family Would 'Be Fine' with Just One Term
From The Huffington Post: President Barack Obama says his wife and daughters aren't "invested" in him being president and would have been fine had he decided against running for re-election. Read the...
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Stevie Wonder's Legacy Revisited At The Apollo
Filed under: Music, Entertainment Stevie Wonder is 61-years-old, looks to be in good health, and performing as strong as ever. At his most recent show, which took place Monday night at the Apollo...
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