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LeBron James to Donate $2.5M for Ali Exhibit at Smithsonian’s NMAAHC

*Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James will donate $2.5 million to support the Muhammad Ali exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History...

Fox Reporter in Baltimore Catches Heat from Anti-Trump Protesters While Cops Watch (VIDEO)

It's getting interesting out on the streets. Take Baltimore for example. Police there had to intervene were to save a Fox news crew from...

Teyana Taylor Gives Props to Hillary & Black Power at the White House with Cavs (Pics)

*While at the White House Cleveland Cavaliers to meet President Obama, singer Teyana Taylor, the wife of Cavs player Iman Shumpert, wasn't shy about...

Trump’s Win Shocks People to Protest; A-Hole Sheriff Clarke Denounces them (VIDEO)

*The idea of a Trump presidency is super SHOCKING to a lot of people and a whole bunch of them are doing something about...

Black Love Day Observed with ‘The Ultimate Black Love Guide’

*Every year Black Love Day is celebrated on February 13th  since 1993; when it was created by the founder of the African American Holiday...

Harry Belafonte: What Do We Have to Lose? Everything!!

“O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath — America will be!” — Langston Hughes, “Let America Be America...

Vestige Strategies (VS) to Host Star-Studded Pre-Election Day Rally

*Vestige Strategies (VS), one of the nation's top civic and community engagement firms, has partnered with the 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East Union to encourage...

‘O.J.: Made in America,’ Ava DuVernay’s ‘13th’ Win Big at Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards

*Ezra Edelman’s film “O.J.: Made in America” won four prizes at the first annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards on Thursday night, while Ava DuVernay’s...

Digital Voter Program Helps Engage Black Voters

*The PAC arm of the nation’s largest online racial justice group—is launching#VotingWhileBlack, a first-of-its-kind program that uses cutting edge digital communications tools to engage...

Mississippi’s Secretary of State Tells People to ‘Calm Down’ Over Black Church Arson

*Mississippi’s Republican secretary of state says the fire that burned the historically black Hopewell Mission Baptist church in Greenville this week and the spray...

6 Arrested, Several Maced During David Duke Protest at Dillard University (Watch)

*Six people were arrested and several more were pepper-sprayed Wednesday (Nov. 2) as police at Dillard University attempted to control protests over the appearance...

Black Hollywood Unites for Change Initiative – Go Vote! Nov. 8

*Members of Black Hollywood came together to launch a Public Service Announcement urging people of color to Go Vote - Go out and vote on...

GoFundMe Page Raises $60K for Black Church Burned and Vandalized with ‘Vote Trump’ Graffiti

*Donations have been pouring in to help a a black church in Greenville, Mississippi that was burned and vandalized Tuesday night with graffiti that...

NAACP Sues North Carolina Over Voter Purge Targeting African Americans

*The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) of North Carolina filed a federal lawsuit Monday that accuses the state Board of...

Is Black America Ignoring the Biggest Civil Rights Case in Decades: Byron Allen vs. Charter Cable? (Watch)

*Attorney Antonio Moore and Political Commentator Yvette Carnell discuss the recent decision allowing Billionaire Byron Allen to proceed against Charter Communication under a law...

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