Crispus Attucks: The former slave was the first casualty of the American Revolutionary War when he was killed during…
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With views that lean more libertarian than textbook conservative, Ron Paul swept the youth vote in the 2012 Iowa…
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Other than aiding his friends in a record-store heist — schmoozing the light-skinned, gold-tooth-wearing front-desk…
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"[On MLK Day, I plan to] take the time out to review some of the historical documents that Dr. Martin Luther King…
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., lying in a hospital bed after having been stabbed in a Harlem, N.Y., department store in…
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How do you tell the entire story of the black experience in America? Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African…
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Larry Bellinger posted this photo of his kids with Santa, circa 1992. "The 'kids' are now 25 and 26!"
If you want to see what's hot on black Twitter, check out The Chatterati.Akoto Ofori-Atta is the editor of The…
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African-American handicraft traditions in the United States are rich and complex, influenced by African, Native…
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Michael Arceneaux hails from Houston, lives in Harlem and praises Beyoncé’s name wherever he goes. Follow him on Twit…
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Michael Arceneaux hails from Houston, lives in Harlem and praises Beyoncé’s name wherever he goes. Follow him on Twit…
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After calling child-labor laws "truly stupid," GOP presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich told an Iowa audience…
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"I don't [celebrate Kwanzaa]. But, I'm actually going to get ready to — with a friend of mine who celebrates it … It…
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