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Martin Luther King III, Wife Andrea And Daughter Yolanda Visit Disney World

Girl, 7, Organizes 'Princess Parties' For Foster Care Kids

Jordan West, a 7-year-old girl with a big heart and a vision, is the driving force behind inspirational princess for…
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Bruno Mars To Donate $1 Million To Help…

Mars will redirect funds from his tour to a Flint community organization.
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‘Hair Love:’ Animated Film On Natural Hair Raises…

Animated film project 'Hair Love' raised almost $300,000 in 30 days.
Children And Youth Hold 'Stand Up To Trump' Rally At The White House
Little Miss Flint Distributes School Supplies

Amariyanna “Mari” Copeny, a 10-year-old activist also known as Little Miss Flint, partnered with Michigan nonprofit Pack Your Back Sunday…
A New Class Of Cadets Reports To U.S. Military Academy At West Point
Black Woman To Lead West Point Cadets

Cadet Simone Askew has made history for becoming the first Black woman appointed to lead West Point cadets.
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Hampton Dean Wins $1 Million

Dr. Calvin Lowe, the Dean of the School of Science at Hampton University, recently won $1 million in a Virginia…
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Good Samaritan Receives Job Offers

Aaron Tucker, an ex-prisoner in Connecticut, receives an outpouring of goodwill after missing a job interview to help a car-wreck…
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Son Graduates College With His 63-Year-Old Father

Ben Jeanty, 27, graduated with his father, Duvinson, a Haitian immigrant who drove an NJ Transit bus for more than…
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Nigerian Couple Delivers Sextuplets After 17 Years

Ajibola and Adeboye Taiwo, a couple from western Nigeria, had been trying to conceive for 17 years and delivered six…
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Former NFL Player To Become Brain Surgeon

Dr. Myron Rolle—who put off an NFL career because he was a Rhodes Scholar—plans to become a physician with a…
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14-Year-Old Black Texas Teen Receiving College Degree

Carson Huey-You, 14, will be the youngest graduate ever of Texas Christian University when he receives his degree in physics…
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Black Woman Rescues 56 Kids

Teresa Stroble evacuated all the children within a minute when her school bus caught fire.
CA.Nottage/Face.RDL (kodak ) Playwright Lynn Nottage is photographed outside South Coast Repertory i
2017 Black Pulitzer Prize Winners

Colson Whitehead won in fiction; Lynn Nottage in drama and Tyehimba Jess in poetry. Hisham Matar, who is of Libyan…
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Black Student Accepted To All Ivy League Schools

Ifeoma White-Thorpe has to make a tough decision among the elite schools vying for her enrollment.
Homelessness On The Rise In New York City
Chicago Girl Celebrates Birthday By Feeding The Homeless

A 6-year-old Chicago girl recently skipped celebrating her birthday with a family party and fed about 125 homeless individuals as…
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WATCH: The Obamas Give Us Feels In NYC

Former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama visited New York City Friday, grabbing lunch with U2 frontman…
A Delta Air Lines airplane comes in for a landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York
2 Black Women Make Flight History

Dawn Cook and Stephanie Johnson flew Delta Airline’s first mainline flight with two black female pilots in the flight deck.
People's Choice Awards 2017 - Press Room
Ellen Sends 41 Students To College

Ellen, in conjunction with Walmart, gifted 41 graduating students from Red Hook's Summit Academy Charter School with a check for…
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Savannah State Cheerleaders Capture Title

The Savannah State Tigers cheerleading squad won first place at CheerSport Nationals, marking the first time an HBCU squad has…
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Harvard Law Review Gets First Black Female President

ImeIme Umana made history when she was elected the first Black female president of the Harvard Law Review—its 131st leader.
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