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A barefoot man wearing overalls and a gorilla mask, trying to hand out noose-wrapped bananas to Black Lives Matter demonstrators, was taken away by East Tennessee State University public safety officers Wednesday afternoon.

According to a news release…

California cops responded to a call of a man acting “erratically” Tuesday, only for him not to “comply,” which was when they shot him several times.

Witnesses say El Cajon police then confiscated phones from citizens who recorded the incident, a claim they later denied, insisting the citizens…

There are still black men out here confessing their lack of desire to date black women. And all of their feelings were put on display by Iyanla Vanzant in her effort to dispel the “angry black woman” myth.

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Prosecutors in Tulsa, Oklahoma filed first-manslaughter charges Thursday against the white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man on a city street.

Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler filed the charges against officer Betty…

The family of an unarmed Black man shot dead by a Tulsa, Oklahoma police officer Friday evening is vehemently denying any and all police narratives that paint their loved one as a threat that needed to be neutralized.

Attorneys for the family of…

Support for Hillary Clinton among Black voters is tanking and it spells disaster for her chances on November 8th. Today’s LA Times tracking poll shows Donald Trump has spiked to 19% among Black voters. Hillary sits at 75% which is 18% lower than the 92% threshold democrats…

Over the past few years, billionaires have unilaterally shut down a popular news site, pushed common core on the Department of Education and steered candidates to a hardline position on Israel. Now one Texas-based billionaire (who began amassing his fortune at Enron) has singlehandedly spearheaded a…

Rudy Giuliani delved deeper into an intricate mix of ignorance and sheer delusion during an appearance on Fox News Monday (Aug. 29).

The former New York City mayor checked into Fox & Friends to talk politics, and apparently Beyonce’s performance at the 2016…

If current economic trends continue, the average black household will need 228 years to accumulate as much wealth as their white counterparts hold today. For the average Latino family, it will take 84 years. Absent significant policy interventions, or a seismic change in the American economy, people of color will never close the gap.

Those are…

Laverne Cox has always been a major inspiration to many since the beginning of her career, but the actress took confidence to a whole other level in her latest social media post.

The OITNB star took to Instagram to show the world that she ‘woke up like dis’ and doesn’t regret it one bit.…

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Despite knowing how prevalent ignorance is, I am still unbelievably baffled at some conversations that take place among social circles. It seems like opportunities to praise Black women are overlooked, while verbal thrashings are in abundance – especially when it comes to love, sex and relationships.

In an effort to remind some of how…

#AllLivesDidntMatter

In the days following the killings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, a new hashtag is going viral on Twitter.

The hashtag is a twist on the phrase "all lives matter," which is sometimes used as a dismissive response to the Black Live Matter movement. Trevor Noah summed it up quite well:

    "You know…

Two officers from the Memphis Police Department were suspended from duty over a Snapchat picture that showed a gun being pointed at the emoji of a black boy who was running away.

The image was posted online on Thursday, the same night that five officers were shot dead during a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas and following the police shootings of…

Lewis country store, located in Nashville at- HIGHWAY 12 and OLD HICKORY BLVD-…

1. The Former Soldier Told Police He Was Not Affiliated With Any Groups & He ‘Did This Alone’
2. He was “upset about Black Lives Matter” and “recent police shootings”
3. The Chief Says If Anyone Else Was Involved in the Shootings, ‘We Will Find You & We…

Black Twitter has our sides aching from hysterical laughter again with #BlackPlotTwists. The hashtag reflects on the common woes of just about all black millennials, and switches the expected outcome to a more ideal one. Our favorites of these are the ones from growing up in a black household. As someone who was notorious for…

Rapper Lil Wayne suffered a serious medical issue during cross-country flight, according to TMZ.com.

The rapper was traveling from Milwaukee on his way to California, when his private jet had to make an emergency landing in Omaha.

The rapper apparently blacked out, as the jet landed earlier yesterday afternoon (June 13).…

The bias against black children is not more clear than with the Google “three black teenagers” challenge.

Type “three black teenagers” into a Google image search, and a bunch of menacing police mugshots turn up. “Three white teenagers” results in smiling…

Apparently this foreign detergent company thinks that Blacks are "dirty" and the "clean" versions of African Americans are Asians. Or am I reading too much into this commercial? Let me know.…