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Black Engineer Creates Blendoor App To Fight Hiring Discrimination

President Obama Holds Republican Roast Session During Speech

Black Student Forced to Leave School for Not Cutting Dreadlocks

Obama Cuts Funding for Christian-Based Abstinence Sex-Ed Program

Black Student Recorded Teacher Who Said Her Only Purpose Was to “Have Sex and Children”

Trump Found A Loophole To Silence Protest

Janelle Monae Finishes Out Leading Trio In ‘Hidden Figures’

Zendaya Coleman Cast In Upcoming ‘Spider-Man’ Reboot

Gabby Douglas Wins The American Cup, Proves She’s Ready for the Olympics

Michelle Obama Makes Surprise Visits To Elementary Schools In D.C.

Now You Can Get A Bachelor’s Degree In Gospel Performance

The Problems With Zoe Saldana’s Casting As Nina Simone Are More Than Skin Deep

Nine Republicans Vote ‘No’ to Naming Post Office After Maya Angelou

Berta Caceres, Honduran Activist, Assassinated on Wednesday

‘Bad Boys 3’ Is Reportedly Going To Happen

Report: LAPD More Likely To Shoot Blacks and People With Mental Conditions

Watch Young People Explain What It Means To ‘Get Free’ [VIDEO]

Hip-Hop Is The Most Streamed Genre In The World

24-Year-Old Black Raleigh Man Fatally Shot In The Back By Police

Clinton Tells Young Black Woman “Well, why don’t you go run for something, then?”

Gunman Targets Office Of Black Woman Running For Sheriff in Texas

Illinois High School Performs Mock Slave Auction Skit

Black Trans Man Fatally Shot In Louisiana Residence

30 Black Students Ejected From Donald Trump Rally in Valdosta, Georgia

Mya Taylor is the First Out Trans Actress to Win Major Film Award

Did We Do Enough To Save Chicago State University? Not At All.

Chicago Library of Valuable Black Literature Is In Danger

Salt Lake City Teen Shot By Police While Carrying a Broomstick

It Matters That Melissa Harris-Perry Won’t Be On MSNBC

SUNY Albany Students To Be Charged After Investigation of Bus Altercation

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