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Jotaka Eaddy, founder and CEO of #WinWithBlackWomen, and Essence Communications will receive special honors at the 56th NAACP ...

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Sr. Lum’s other nursing positions include Good Samaritan School of Practical Nursing in Selma, St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing in Elmira, New York, University of Rochester Nursing and Nurse ...

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Late photographer David Johnson’s journey took him from Jacksonville to the Navy, ultimately leading him to capture the vibrant Black culture in San Francisco’s historic Fillmore District and document ...

Extremism experts say a now-familiar playbook to scapegoat transgender people in the wake of high-profile tragedies is part ...

Trump’s executive order cutting aid and offering refugee status to South Africa’s Afrikaner farmers has caused a stir in the African country after passage of a controversial land bill.

While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...

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A handful of residents who lived through what's known as Bloody Monday in the summer of 1963 assembled Saturday evening for a ...