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African-American English
African-American English, or ebonics is the set of English sociolects primarily spoken by most black people in the United States.
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Taking Weed to the Deep South
Blounts & Moore want African American communities to have access to generational wealth — and they think cannabis is the…
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Akinwumi Adesina: Why the US is targeting a flamboyant Nigerian banker
Image copyright Getty Images The US and the African Development Bank have fallen out over allegations of corruption against the…
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‘I don’t feel guilty but I really apologize if I hurt feelings’: MLS coach Ron Jans resigns after alleged racial slur
FC Cincinnati head coach Ron Jans has stepped down from the club amid a probe into the use of an…
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Nigeria’s Tobechukwu Philips, Breaks 125 Year Academic Record In The US
Phillips, who earned A's all through her Alvin High School stay, boasted a 6.9 GPA and is now her school's…
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Georgetown Students Vote To Give Reparations To Descendants Of Slaves Sold To Fund School
If university officials agree, Georgetown would become one of the first major U.S. institutions to provide financial restitution for its…
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Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar Pay Tribute to Nipsey Hussle
While there have been many tributes onstage at the Nipsey Hussle memorial service, there are many more within the event’s…
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Baby Shower becomes Tragic as Police raid turns fatal
It was just a few days before her baby shower, and Sara White was bleeding inside a garage. When police…
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Alfredo Bowman
Alfredo D. Bowman, better known as Dr. Sebi, was a Honduran vegetarian herbalist, healer, pathologist, biochemist, and naturalist of holistic…
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America’s Least-Noticed War
While no one was watching, the Trump administration started launching a wrath of strikes in Somalia.
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For Africa, Chinese-Built Internet Is Better Than No Internet at All
The Chinese telecommunications company Huawei has made huge inroads in Africa in recent years even as the United States urges…
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How a 200-Year-Old Pipe Connects Maryland and Sierra Leone
Genetics has many stories to tell about enslaved people.
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Meet Disney’s First African-American Animator, Floyd Norman
If no one ever told you no, would you think to limit yourself? Floyd Norman's peers were surprised when he…
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2017 U.S. Airstrikes In Somalia May Amount To War Crimes
The United States may have committed war crimes as it bombed al-Shabab militants in Somalia, a new report Amnesty International…
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1898 Silent Film Is the Earliest Cinematic Depiction of Black Love
The film, Something Good–Negro Kiss, subverts the corrupt racism imbued in the history of American minstrelsy. The film will join the…
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