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Were These Kids’ Costumes at Basketball Game Racist?
It’s common practice for fans to dress up in crazy costumes in an attempt to distract basketball players during a game, but some are claiming that a few kids at an Atlantic County, N.J., high school basketball game may have taken the act too far. According to NBC 10 Philadelphia, two students from Holy Spirit High…
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1st Black NBA Player Earl Lloyd Dies at 86
In 1950 Earl Lloyd broke down racial barriers when he debuted in the NBA with the Washington Capitals. He was the first black player in the history of the NBA, and on Thursday the 86-year-old Lloyd passed away. According to ESPN, Lloyd’s alma mater, West Virginia State, confirmed his death but did not note how…
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Atlanta Woman Brutally Beaten Over Hamburger
A 23-year-old Atlanta woman claims that three woman attacked her during a night of drinking, allegedly dragging, punching and kicking her and pulling her hair, and leaving her with two black eyes, a chipped tooth and a concussion. The reason Myriah Pointer was brutally attacked, she believes: a hamburger. Pointer told WSB-TV that the incident…
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Recently Dismissed Louisville Cardinals Guard Charged With Rape, Sodomy
When the University of Louisville’s Cardinals announced late last week that star guard Chris Jones had been dismissed from the team, several unofficial reasons emerged. The most prominent was that Jones had sent a threatening text message to a woman who had reportedly ransacked his apartment. What was clear is that Louisville coach Rick Pitino…
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79-Year-Old Woman Allegedly Shoots Grandnephew Over $20
If this story is true, then Ira Peterson doesn’t play with her money. According to AL.com, the 79-year-old Mobile, Ala., woman allegedly shot her grandnephew in the foot after he reportedly stole $20 from her. When Peterson noticed that her money was missing, she accused her grandnephew—who lives with her and whose name and age…
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Reach: Showing Young Black Men a Path to Hope
Two years ago, Ben Jealous and Trabian Shorters had an idea: Young black men needed to hear from other black men about their struggle, their triumphs, their pain and their successes. “Our young men might imitate what they do see, but they definitely won’t imitate what they don’t see,” Jealous, 42, and the former…
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North Dakota Woman Fined for Praying Too Loud
A North Dakota woman was fined $150 for praying loudly outside her home and on the sidewalks. According to Valley News Live, Martha Nagbe, who is the wife of a pastor in Lisbon, was fined after making what police claim was “unnecessary noise.” According to police who spoke with Valley News Live, Nagbe was reportedly…
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Fla. Mom Arrested After Allegedly Beating Daughter and Shaming Her for Failing Grades
A Tampa Bay, Fla., woman was looking for a way to turn her daughter’s grades around, but authorities say she took it too far when she allegedly beat her child with a leather belt and then crafted a T-shirt for her daughter to wear explaining her failing grades and threatening kids to leave her alone…
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News Flash: Fried Chicken and Collard Greens Are Not Black History Month Food
A dining service thought it was offering Wright State University college students a “cultural dining experience” with “authentic and traditional cuisine” when it decided that fried chicken and collard greens should be added as part of the Black History Month menu, according to the Associated Press. Shocked students at the Ohio school took photos and…
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Judge Flips Aunt Jemima Lawsuit Straight Out of Court
Two men claiming to be relatives of Anna Short Harrington—the woman whose face and overall likeness was used to create the character and logo Aunt Jemima, the most iconic face in pancakes—had filed a class action lawsuit seeking $2 billion plus punitive damages. Last week a judge tossed the case, noting that the two men—D.W. Hunter and…
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