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Chicago Mother Says School Security Handcuffed Her 6-Year-Old Daughter

Texas Police Officer Recorded Pepper-Spraying A Handcuffed Man

Google’s #BlackGirlMagic Doodle Was Created By A Black High School Student

Obama Becomes First U.S. President To Visit Cuba In 88 Years

Church Connects HBCUs and High School Students For $2 Million In Scholarships

President Obama Is The First President to Speak at SXSW

Michigan Approves Nearly $50 Million For Detroit Public Schools

It’s Important That Maria Sharapova’s Doping Isn’t Bigger News

Northwestern Introducing Asian American Studies Major In Fall

Five Reasons Why South by Southwest 2016 Is Extra Dope

Academy Awards Works To Increase Diversity With New Appointments

Detroit Police Use Pepper Spray During High School Fight

Melissa Harris-Perry Spills The Tea On Her Split From MSNBC

First Lady Takes Full Feminist Form at SXSW

Ta-Nehisi Coates Previews Highly Anticipated ‘Black Panther’ Comic Book

Anita Alvarez Concedes Cook County State’s Attorney Race to Kim Foxx

Former South Carolina Trooper Pleads Guilty To Shooting Unarmed Black Man

9-Year-Old Is The Youngest Female Author To Publish A Chapter Book In The U.S.

A Visible Love, A Visible Movement: An Interview With Veronica Morris-Moore

Two Former LA Gang Rivals Co-Found Catering Business

Joe’s Crab Shack Called Out For Decorating Table With Lynching Photo

Texas School Assembly On Rape And Domestic Abuse Leaves Students In Tears

Unarmed Man Shot Dead By Houston Police

Chicago Denied Donald Trump, Maybe Now Voters Will Too

Macklemore’s New Album ‘This Unruly Mess I’ve Made’ Lives Up To Its Name

Kerry, Viola, and Shonda Say They’re ‘With Hillary’ In New Campaign Ad

Ava DuVernay And Lupita Nyong’o Team Up For ‘Intelligent Life’ Sci-Fi

John Legend Wants ‘Underground’ To Make Us “Confront Our History”

Detroit Public Schools May Close After April 8 Due To Lack Of Funds

No Place For ‘Solidarity’: A Reflection on Black Femmes in Social Movement

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