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Virginia to Commemorate Landing of Enslaved Africans
A multi-day series of events centered around the 400th anniversary of the first landing of enslaved African Americans at Point…
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Shopping While Black: High-End Retailers Discriminate
Blacks — regardless of social status or income — have continued to encounter racism at stores around the country.
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Stop Drinking the Fool-Aid
The term "drinking the Kool-Aid" has been taken to a new level among many of our people. In many circles…
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Black Voter Poll: 90 percent to Cast Ballot for Clinton
Nearly 90 percent of Black voters plan to cast ballots for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, according to the…
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Why the HBCU Community Should Vote for Hillary
This article summarizes why African-Americans should be eager to vote this year, and why historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs),…
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Ready, Set, Vote!
Do African-Americans really believe black lives matter? If so, why is there so much voter apathy? Can voting change the…
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Four Things Obama Can Do to Help Blacks in Last 100 Days
The countdown to President Obama's last one-hundred days began on Oct. 13. Already, the President has committed to spending his…
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Could Black People in the U.S. Count as Refugees?
Raja Jorjani, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — Suppose a client walked into my office and told me…
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‘Even Less Representative’ Than Cops: Why Prosecutors’ Offices Also Need Major Reform
(Salon) – The brutal and iniquitous treatment African-Americans suffer at the hands of their criminal justice system has been a…
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Black America is So Very Tired of Explaining and Debating
(Salon) – Black America is tired. The liminal existence of Ellison’s invisible man; Cornel West’s brilliant meditation on “niggerization” as…
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