Nationwide — The under-representation and lack of visibility of black lives and struggles in popular culture has been a major topic of discussion in recent months. More and more mainstream actors, producers, directors, and movie studios are beginning to admit…
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Medical Student Creates Booklet to Teach Doctors How to Catch Symptoms of Illness on Dark Skin
A medical student created a handbook to teach physicians how physical symptoms appear on different skin tones. Malone Mukwende, a second-year student at St George’s, University of London, was motivated to create “Mind the Gap” after he noticed a lack…
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Is Byron Allen Interested in Buying TV One? Is Radio One an Added Bonus?
With a new settlement from Comcast, adding TV One to his roster would make sense for Byron Allen I’ve been hearing that since the stock for Urban One exploded recently after Brigade Capital Management (Cayman Islands-based leveraged capital structures fund)…
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Drunk ‘Karen’s Husband’ Claims He’s ‘Not A Racist’ After Calling Bartender The N-Word In Viral Video
Karen‘s husband is at it again. This time, he takes the form of a CEO who hurled a series of racist comments at a bartender. Of course, after a video of the incident went viral, the man is now claiming…
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Black man found hanging from tree after reportedly exposing alleged pedophiles
(Photo credit: Mo Barnes for Steed Media) Activists are speaking out after another Black man was found hanging from a tree. A Change.org petition was started to call for further investigation into the death of Amani Kildea. Kildea, 20, was…
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Bob Marley’s family releasing ‘One Love’ cover to support COVID-19 relief fund
Bob Marley (Photo credit: Bang Media) Bob Marley‘s family is set to release a new cover of the late reggae legend’s iconic hit “One Love” to raise funds for UNICEF’s coronavirus relief fund. The re-imagined rendition of the 1977 track…
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5 People Arrested In Connection To Pop Smoke’s Murder (Update)
It has been months since Pop Smoke’s life was unfortunately taken from him. Now it looks like there may be a turn in the case as some arrests have been made in connection to his murder. According to TMZ, law…
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