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South Los Angeles Street Gets Renamed After Barack Obama
In 2007, Barack Obama was a young and spry freshman senator from Chicago who made South Los Angeles, Calif., his first stop during his presidential election. In 2008, he became the first black president and successfully won a second term four years later. In honor of the former president, the L.A. City Council voted to…
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Detroit Rep. Bettie Cook Scott Apologizes After Referring to Asian Opponent as 'Ching-Chong'
In a page out of Donald Trump’s playbook, Rep. Bettie Cook Scott (D-Detroit) went full racist when she allegedly referred to her opponent, Rep. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit), as a “ching-chang” and “the ching-chong” According to Detroit’s Metro Times, Scott used the slurs outside of polling places in Detroit, as she was talking to voters during…
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Taraji P. Henson Creates Mental Health Foundation to Honor Late Father
Taraji P. Henson wants to remove the stigma surrounding mental health issues in the African-American community and has created an organization to honor her late father who suffered from mental health issues. On September 22, the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation, named after her father, officially launches. “I named the organization after my father because of…
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Alabama Pastor Says He's Going to Stand His Ground If Truck Is Vandalized With Racist Graffiti Again
A pastor in Gadsden, Ala., is fed up with racists after his truck was vandalized with bigoted graffiti, and says the next time it happens, he’s going to “stand his ground.” Pastor K. Solomon Williams, a preacher at Piedmont’s Mount Pleasant CME Church, woke up on Sunday and saw that his Ford F-150 was plastered…
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Captured FBI Fugitive Does 'In My Feelings' Challenge on Tarmac
Earlier this year, Antwan Mims made it to the FBI’s Most Wanted list after being accused of a double murder in Benton Harbor, Mich., but that didn’t stop him from joining in on the viral “In My Feelings” challenge as he was transported off a fugitive flight, according to Click on Detroit. On Monday, Mims…
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Angela Bassett Dishes on Her Career, Staying Fit and Mission Impossible: Fallout
The fantabulous Angela Bassett is back and reprising her role as Erica Sloan Mission Impossible: Fallout. To say that Bassett is an indomitable actress would be an understatement, and at 60-years-old, she can give women half her age a run for their money. From her role as Tina Turner t0 recently appearing in Black Panther,…
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Milwaukee Daycare Says 8-Month-Old Got Bit by a Mosquito; Injuries Point to Abuse
Early Friday morning, shortly after dropping off her 8-month-old son to Harvest Learning Center daycare, Rahzeena Hamilton says the center called to inform her that her son had a severe allergic reaction to a mosquito bite. But when she arrived to pick up Judale Malone, she noticed it was anything but a mosquito bite. Milwaukee…
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Zac Efron's 'Dreadlocks' Are Hilarious Looking And 'Just For Fun'
Not everyone was feeling Zac Efron’s new “just for fun” dreadlock hairstyle when he posted a new Instagram photo on Friday. The black and white photo shows Efron sporting some type of pointy, thin and rolled hairstyle, or as I like to refer to them as “wypipolocs.” Some of the commenters stated that Efron was…
