Recent high-profile police killings of unarmed black men have highlighted a generational rift in the progressive black community.
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Shawn “Jay Z” Carter’s rise to the top the American economic ladder is now almost legendary — a legend he helped build through autobiographical rhymes over 17 years and 17 studio albums. Listeners have followed him from rags to riches and identified with his story along the way. However, a recent survey finds that some of the rapper’s younger fans may not be buying it anymore.
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Black people don’t go green or live to the end of a horror film. They don’t get plastic surgery and aren’t feminists. Black people also don’t adopt kids, join the NRA or tip at restaurants...
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Almost immediately after the debut of her fifth studio album, the debate over Beyoncé as a feminist figure was reignited...
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Today, after almost 20 years with ACORN, Bertha Lewis has moved on to head up a new organization. The Black Institute is Lewis’ brainchild, an “action tank” that she hopes will organize black Americans around some the day’s most pressing issues. Its first order of business: immigration reform.
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New data shows that, in a number of areas — teen pregnancy, violent crime and increasing gradation rates — black youths have made significant gains. Experts say it’s time that the perception matches the reality.
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A former U.S. airman is currently sitting in a Florida prison for what his supporters argue was a simple act of self-defense. Just two years into a 25-year sentence, he joins a list of cases that have drawn national attention to the Sunshine State’s sentencing and gun laws. Encouraged by the activity, his family is hoping to stir up interest in his case and is currently petitioning Florida’s governor for clemency.
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Los Angeles graphic designer who worked on concept art for Spike Lee’s latest film is claiming that his designs were used for the film without him ever receiving a dime for the work.
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When D.C. police killed Carey in October, the country was once again thrown into a conversation around the use of deadly force—especially as Carey’s 14-month-old daughter was in the back seat of the vehicle as police fired on it. That tragedy is the most recent in a series of high-profile cases in which unarmed black suspects have been killed by authorities under controversial circumstances.
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George Zimmerman was arrested Monday, accused of pointing a shotgun at his girlfriend and pushing her out of her home during a domestic disturbance. He was charged with felony aggravated assault with a weapon, misdemeanor battery and criminal mischief. The incident is but the latest in a string of gun-related run-ins with the law since Zimmerman was acquitted in July of second degree murder and manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. Some Zimmerman defenders have drawn back their support in light of recent events. Many others are doubling down.
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It’s been estimated that Black Americans make up nearly one million of the total 2.3 million prison population. Despite that staggering fact, precious little in art has been created to examine the lives of the incarcerated. For Colored Boys: Redemption, a dramatic web series by filmmaker Stacey Muhammad, is the story of one father’s attempt to repair his broken family after being released from prison.
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Terry Crews has been a busy man since his breakout role as Damon in Ice Cube’s Friday After Next. Most recently, he’s made a mark as an action star in Sylvester Stallone’s Expendables franchise, and currently plays NYPD Sergeant Terry Jeffords on the Fox sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Crews has also made good use of his distinctive voice, appearing in several animated projects and video games. Ebony.com caught up with Crews to discuss his role in the animated series, the power of the voice, and why the world needs more Black superheroes.
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