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63-Year-Old Father And Son Share Graduation Day Together

Ben Jeanty, 27, graduated with his father, Duvinson, a Haitian immigrant who drove an NJ Transit bus for more than…
05.30.17
Infant Holding Adult's Fingers

Nigerian Couple Delivers Sextuplets After Trying To Conceive…

Ajibola and Adeboye Taiwo, a couple from western Nigeria, had been trying to conceive for 17 years and delivered six…
05.30.17
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Former NFL Player Myron Rolle Begins His Neurosurgery…

Dr. Myron Rolle—who put off an NFL career because he was a Rhodes Scholar—plans to become a physician with a…
05.31.17
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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…
05.11.17
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Black Woman Rescues 56 Kids

Teresa Stroble evacuated all the children within a minute when her school bus caught fire.
05.10.17
CA.Nottage/Face.RDL (kodak ) Playwright Lynn Nottage is photographed outside South Coast Repertory i

Black Playwright, Poet, Novelist And Critic All Win…

Colson Whitehead won in fiction; Lynn Nottage in drama and Tyehimba Jess in poetry. Hisham Matar, who is of Libyan…
04.11.17
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Black Teen Accepted To All 8 Ivy League…

Ifeoma White-Thorpe has to make a tough decision among the elite schools vying for her enrollment.
04.05.17
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WATCH: Barack & Michelle Obama Give Us The…

Former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama visited New York City Friday, grabbing lunch with U2 frontman…
03.10.17
A Delta Air Lines airplane comes in for a landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York

Sisters In The Cockpit: Two Black Women Make…

Dawn Cook and Stephanie Johnson flew Delta Airline’s first mainline flight with two black female pilots in the flight deck.
03.06.17
People's Choice Awards 2017 - Press Room

Ellen Surprises 41 Students From New York With…

Ellen, in conjunction with Walmart, gifted 41 graduating students from Red Hook's Summit Academy Charter School with a check for…
02.24.17
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Savannah State Cheerleading Squad Is First HBCU To…

The Savannah State Tigers cheerleading squad won first place at CheerSport Nationals, marking the first time an HBCU squad has…
02.22.17
Harvard Law School

First Black Woman Elected President Of Harvard Law…

ImeIme Umana made history when she was elected the first Black female president of the Harvard Law Review—its 131st leader.
02.16.17
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Barack & Michelle Obama Send Each Other The…

Barack and Michelle Obama tweet each other sweet Valentine's Day messages.
02.14.17
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NYC Principal Starts GoFund Me For Homeless Girl…

Because of an assistant principal from Brownsville, Brooklyn, a young girl whose family is homeless will hopefully have the money…
02.06.17
Tribe Called Quest 'We Got It From Here' Pop Up Shop

Watch: Q-Tip, La La Anthony, Uzo Aduba And…

Interactive One's Jamilah Lemieux participated in a star-studded MLK Day celebration in Harlem to discuss civil rights today.
01.18.17
Smiling baker holding open sign in bakery

Black Lives Matter Creates Interactive Map Of Black-Owned…

Black Lives Matter is developing an online interactive directory of Black-owned businesses. When it's completed, the organization expects it to…
12.24.16
Muhammad Ali

WATCH: CBMA Hosts Annual ‘Rumble Young Man, Rumble’…

Tonight at 6 p.m. CST, RYMR will host a ceremony to recognize six honorees for their work locally and nationally…
12.01.16
Group Of Architects Discussing Plans In Modern Office

Harlem Incubators Nurturing Vibrant Start-Up Scene

Harlem has become a hotbed for entrepreneurship. Business incubators and gentrification are shaping the business scene.
04.29.21
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Oakland Honor Student Overcomes Homelessness & Abuse

Elexis Webster, a 17-year-old honor student from Oakland, has overcome insurmountable odds during her young life.
11.20.16