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Book Your Hotel Room With An Emoji

Marriott is making hotel bookings easier with a new Slack messaging app extension that lets groups find and book hotel…
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Activists Weigh In On White Supremacy

Actor Jesse Williams, activist Bree Newsome and more valued thinkers on the matter of race weigh in on the white…
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Mississippi School To Be Renamed For Obama

A predominantly Black elementary school in Mississippi named after Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, will be renamed to…
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Failed Ex-Howard Student Suspected In Shooting Hoax

A former student who flunked out of Howard Medical School is suspected of causing a scare about an active shooter…
2nd Annual Pride & Prejudice Summit
Tamika Mallory Weighs Suit Against Airline

Tamika Mallory is reportedly considering filing a discrimination lawsuit against American Airlines after she claims a pilot kicked her off…
Ferguson's Fragile Recovery Shaken After Police Casualties
Three Dead In Maryland Business Shooting

Three people are reported dead and two injured after a man reportedly opened fire in a Maryland kitchen countertop company where…
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Sound The Alarm: Wall Street Black CEO Void

Fortune 500 CEOs have never been more diverse, but they will take a major hit when American Express' Kenneth Chenault…
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Judge Tosses Firefighter’s Discrimination Suit

A judge tosses a black firefighter's lawsuit that said race is the reason he was fired for the same offense…
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California Restaurant Resells Popeyes Chicken?

Sweet Dixie Chicken in Long Beach, California, is accused of reselling Popeyes fried chicken at its restaurant.
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$72 Million Award Dismissed In Johnson & Johnson…

Jacqueline Fox, 62, of Birmingham, Alabama, who was Black, died in 2015. She alleged that Johnson & Johnson baby powder…
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Here's How To Help Family Of La David…

Throughout all of terrible twists and turns of the ordeal surrounding the president’s response to a group of U.S. military…
48th NAACP Image Awards - Press Room
Lego Set Honors ‘Hidden Figures’ Pioneers

Lego is set to release a product honoring the African-American female pioneers of NASA’s space program to foster an interest…
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Hate Crime Charge In Black Student's Death

Sean Christopher Urbanski, 22, was arrested on murder charges in May after stabbing Richard Collins III, 23.
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Trump No Compassion For La David Johnson's Widow

U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson heard Trump make a shockingly uncompassionate comment to Sgt. La David T. Johnson’s widow, Myeshia Johnson.
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Activists Brace For White Supremacists In Florida

Gov. Rick Scott declares a state of emergency in anticipation of white supremacist Richard Spencer's visit to the University of…
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Mom & Children In Blackface Sparks Outrage

A Facebook picture posted by a Fort Bragg, North Carolina military family featuring two children in blackface drew major controversy.
44th Annual Legislative Conference - Day 2
Apple Diversity VP Apologizes

Apple VP of Diversity Denise Young Smith apologized for saying '12 white blue-eyed blonde men' could be a diverse population.
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Liquor Store Owner Cuffs Customer, Residents React

More than 5,000 people signed a petition to close Largo Liquors in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, after the store owner went…
2017 Women of the World (WOW) Festival - May 7, 2017
Airlines Pilot Boots Tamika Mallory From Flight

Activist Tamika Mallory complained that an American Airlines pilot kicked her off a plane over a seat assignment dispute.
Barack Obama Hosts Community Event For Obama Presidential Center
Kehinde Wiley To Paint Obama's Official Portrait

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery commissioned official portraits of President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama.
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