During the half century that baseball was divided by a color line, black America created a sporting world of its own. Black teams played on city sandlots and country fields, with the best barnstorming their way across the country and…
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Black History Month School Disasters: The Most Racist And Traumatizing Lessons That Went Viral
Source: MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images / Getty Unfortunately, Black History Month seems to bring out the ignorance in some teachers or, at least, the insensitivity. In recent years, some school lessons have received national attention for their…
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Was James Brown Murdered? DA Investigates Claims 14 Years After Death
Source: Gary Gershoff / Getty Folks are getting serious about investigating James Brown‘s death as a murder after years of suspicion from people close to him. According to CNN, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard Jr. said he would be…
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RIP Darius Tarver: Bodycam Of Police Shooting ‘Sharply Contradicts’ Cops’ Account
The father of Darius Tarver, a man killed by police about a week after surviving a serious car accident, has suspicions about his son’s death, according to a lawyer who is bringing attention to the case. #DariusTarver survived a near…
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In Defense Of Gayle King: Debunking 3 Ridiculous Arguments
Source: WENN/Avalon / WENN If we’re going to have the conversation about whether Gayle King was wrong for bringing up the late Kobe Bryant‘s rape case during an interview with WNBA legend Lisa Leslie, then context and nuance are key….
Read MoreSocial Media Speculates Nick Gordon’s Cause Of Death As Bobbi Kristina’s Ex-Boyfriend Dies At 30
UPDATE: 4:27 p.m. EDT, Feb. 6 — Nick Gordon, former boyfriend of the late Bobbi Kristina, died of a heroin overdose, an autopsy report according to the Daily Mail. The 30-year-old died on New Year’s Day at the Altamonte Springs…
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What Is ‘Humans Of New York’? The Social Media Account That Shares Compelling Life Stories
Social media was chatting a mile a minute on Wednesday when “Humans of New York” shared their latest story on their Instagram and Facebook pages. Along with a photo a Black man in a black suit with a tan shirt…
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What Happened To Bobby Love? Instagram Post Revisits Fugitive Who Led Double Life For Decades
The story of Bobby Love made headlines in 2016 after the escaped convict-turned-family man was released from prison after living a double life for decades. Born Walter Miller, Love turned his life around after absconding from a North Carolina prison…
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Before Rush Limbaugh’s Medal Of Freedom For Being Racist, He Once Wanted A ‘Medal For Smoking’
Source: Mario Tama / Getty On Tuesday, constant racist Rush Limbaugh was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom during Donald Trump‘s State of the Union speech. The move conveniently came after Limbaugh announced that he’s been diagnosed with Stage 4…
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Dylann Roof’s Lawyers Cry White Tears In Desperate Appeal
White supremacist Dylann Roof, who is responsible for taking the lives of nine Black worshippers in the 2015 mass shooting of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston appealed his convictions and death sentence on Tuesday, the AP reports. Roof’s lawyers…
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