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Black History: July 29, 1870
Known as “Little Chocolate,” featherweight boxer George Dixon, born on July 29, 1870, made a giant impact on the sport, becoming the first Black person ... Full story
Mitt Romney's Effort to Get Black Votes Fails Once Again
The first time GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney embarrassed himself in front of a lot of African-Americans was on a visit to a Black community ... Full story
Mariah Carey, Yaya DaCosta Join Cast of 'The Butler'
The cast for Lee Daniels' White House epic The Butler keeps expanding. Mariah Carey and Yaya DaCosta have joined the ensemble, which already includes Liev Schrieber, ... Full story
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay's Middle of Nowhere 
What happens to an African-American woman’s love and marriage when it’s interrupted by her husband’s eight-year prison term? That’s the complex paradox writer and director Ava ... Full story
'40-Year-Old Mother Reversion'
In a shocking article on TheAwl.com, author and mother Amy Sohn writes that moms in her affluent Brooklyn neighborhood are going through something called "the ... Full story
Swizz Beatz Stuck in Megaupload Case
Swizz Beatz found himself at the center of the international piracy case against Megaupload when attorneys from the United States Department of Justice used his ... Full story
Team USA: By the Numbers
It would seem impossible to get to know all 530 athletes that make up the U.S. Olympic team, including the all-star men's basketball team, above, ... Full story
Romney's World: Black Voters Love Him
Mitt Romney was booed more than once during his July 11 NAACP convention speech, especially after threatening to repeal Obamacare. But a new campaign ad ... Full story
Halle, Viola and Latifah Short of H'wood Valuable List
These days Hollywood power lists are compiled as often as most people take out the trash. And the latest one assembled definitely smells a bit ... Full story
Russia Stockpiling Spy Drones on Street Protests
Small surveillance drones are starting to be part of police departments across America, and the FAA will soon open up the airspace for more to ... Full story
Rihanna's New Look
So Rih Rih’s switched it up again… she’s gone blonde and I’m not feeling it! The cut is fine but the color washes her out ... Full story
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- 50th anniversary of Duke University’s integration of black students
- Former executive Carolyn Hommel claims she was fired from Oprah Winfrey's television network because she was pregnant
- The Memphis President Obama didn't see: Black and white pictures reveal gritty world of heartbreaking poverty, staggering violence and pervasive drug culture