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Every season since LeBron James first appeared in the NBA Finals in 2007, players have debuted new or special-edition sneakers specifically for the Finals – until now. Marred in part by ongoing factory and shipping delays that have…
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BOSTON (AP) — The city of Boston would acknowledge and apologize for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, under a resolution to be formally introduced later this week.…
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With every performance of Paradise Square, star Joaquina Kalukango has brought down the house with a teary, snot-nosed, full-throated rendition of “Let it Burn.” Sunday night, America witnessed the magic she creates onstage, and then…
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Source: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty From breaking Billboard charts to starring in films like “Coach Carter” and “Resident Evil: Extinction,” Grammy award-winning singer Ashanti has seemingly done it all. Now, the 41-year-old New…
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Baird Steptoe Sr. was recently elected to a three-year term as president of the International Cinematographers Guild, according to Variety.com. Steptoe has served for some time on the guild’s national executive board and was most…
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Several organizations in the chemical and affiliated industries have raised millions of dollars for students pursuing STEM degrees at historically Black colleges and…
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Just to get this out of the way: What Alabama coach Nick Saban implied about other college football programs this month during a local Birmingham, Alabama, business leaders meeting was objectively funny. While speaking on the topic…
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by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) A few days ago, Karine Jean-Pierre made history when she was announced as the next White House Press Secretary, taking over from current Press Secretary Jen Psaki on May 13. Jean-Pierre will…
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According to news.artnet.com, Brooklyn-based, Baltimore-born artist Derrick Adams will receive $1.25 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to build the Black Baltimore Digital Database, a new archive cataloguing important…
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Cook was confirmed by a 51-to-50 vote in the Senate, with Vice President Harris casting the tiebreaking vote. No Republicans voted for Cook, and Democrats, who hold a razor-thin majority, had delayed moving forward on her nomination…
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