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A federal appeals court ruled that banning an employee from wearing dreadlocks is not racial discrimination. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a case brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Chastity Jones, a black woman in Alabama refused to cut off her locs as a condition of employment with an insurance company. Essence.com reported, the EEOC […]

Two incidents on opposite sides of the world show the outright hostility that some Black women face regarding their hair.

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The Tony Awards set the bar for diversity on Sunday evening as several actors and actresses of color were recognized for their work; a major difference from the #OscarsSoWhite controversy that ensued earlier this year. For the first time in the ceremony’s history, four musical acting awards were nabbed by Black actors. Broadway hit show […]

School officials in Henrico County, Va., apologize to parents for showing students a racial discrimination video during Black History Month. The parents complained that it promoted white guilt.

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They are planning to make changes in an effort to diversify their board and nominations in the future.

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Cromartie already has 10 children with different women.

An eighth grader from Yorktown, Virginia has penned a heartbreaking letter about the racism he's faced at his middle school.

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In recent weeks, stories of students at the University of Missouri, Ithaca College, and Yale taking a stand against racial discrimination and racial inequality have surfaced. We’ve also learned of threats being made against students at the HBCU campuses of Bowie State University in Maryland and Howard University in Washington D.C. that have put both law enforcement and students […]

NewsOne’s Top 5 gives you a quick rundown of the viral stories we’re talking about today. So This Happened: White Man Allegedly Bombs Miss. Walmart Because They Stopped Selling Confederate Flags Texas Police Refute Claims University Dean Was Stopped For “Walking While Black” Supreme Court Shoots Down Prosecutors’ Reasons For Keeping Black Jurors Off Death […]

The Supreme Court has unveiled more troubling events behind the decision to keep African-American jurors off a 1987 case against a Black man who was convicted of killing a White woman. Justice Stephen Breyer and eight other justices have begun reviewing the racial tactics used to obtain a conviction in the case of Timothy Tyrone Foster. […]

Kim Ohaegbulam was not allowed to use the bathroom at an NYC bar and claims it was caused by racial discrimination.

The cops allege a backlash after refusing to carry out quotas for tickets, summons or arrests made in predominantly Black and Latino areas