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Wade Davis Talks Being Gay in Sports in New TED Talk

Afeni Shakur Passes Away at 69

Misty Copeland Has a Barbie Doll And It Is All The Things

100 Percent Of Urban Prep Seniors Are Headed To College For 7th Consecutive Year

Rapper Nas Is Investing Thousands Into The Tech Industry

Angela Davis Calls For Assata Shakur’s Protection Amid Improved U.S.–Cuba Relations

Organizers Stopped Traffic On Lake Shore Drive During NFL ‘Draft Town’

Chicago State University Is Laying Off 300 Employees

LinkedIn Names Howard University A Top School For Media Professionals

Detroit Makes Community Colleges Tuition-Free

Malia Obama Will Attend Harvard University in 2017

74-Year-Old Fake Cop Found Guilty Of Killing Eric Harris

Cop Buys Man A Car Seat For His Daughter Instead Of Giving Him A Ticket

Wisconsin Mother Shot by 2-Year-Old Son With Gun Found In Car

Baltimore Police Shoot 13-Year-Old Who Was Holding A Replica Gun

DeRay McKesson Wins 2 Percent Vote In Baltimore Mayoral Primary Race

Kid Cudi Opens Up About Living with Depression

Judge Serves 24 Hour Jail Sentence With Fellow Veteran

Amandla Stenberg Opens Up About Their Gender Identity

Tyler James Williams is Changing the Game in New Series

WGN’s ‘Underground’ Renewed for Season 2

Father Sees His Son Graduate After Being Wrongfully Imprisoned For 22 Years

Amazon’s Same-Day Delivery Isn’t Reaching Black Neighborhoods

Cleveland to Pay $6 Million in Settlement to Tamir Rice’s Family Estate

Bryshere Gray to Play in New Edition Biopic

Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ Is Equal Parts #BlackGirlPain and #BlackGirlMagic

U.S. Suicide Rates Are On The Rise Across the Board

Student Beaten To Death In School Bathroom, Classmates Mourn

Woman Tied To Key Flint Lawsuit Found Murdered In Home

Broadway’s ‘The Color of Purple’ cast performed a beautiful tribute to Prince

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