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ENTERTAINMENT
Cardi B Apologizes To Bernice King For Coretta Scott King Portrayal In Parody Video
By Jenna Amatulli
The skit, “The Real Housewives of the Civil Rights Movement," didn't air but surfaced on TMZ.
African American educator and U.S. congresswoman Shirley Chisholm stands at a podium and gives the victory sign, circa 1968. (Photo by Pictorial Parade/Getty Images)
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OPINION
Teach Your Students About Black Women This Women's History Month
By Jamilah Pitts
Students should learn how these women were at the forefront of movements for liberation and resistance.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, stands near the casket of the late Reverend Billy Graham during a service at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. Graham, the Christian evangelist who preached to more than 200 million people in 185 countries and became the confidant of world leaders including every U.S. president from Harry Truman to George W. Bush, died at age 99 on February, 21. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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OPINION
Billy Graham Wouldn't Have Supported Rosa Parks
By Anthea Butler, Guest Writer
So why exactly are we honoring him?
HUFFPOST VIDEO
Claudette Colvin's Civil Rights Legacy
At just 15, Claudette Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger.
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 30: Rose Gunter, front and center, the niece of sexual assault survivor Recy Taylor, wears black during a photo op in the Capitol's Rayburn Room to show solidarity with men and women who are speaking out against sexual harassment and discrimination on January 30, 2018. Also appearing are, from left, Reps. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, Katherine Clark, D-Mass., Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, and Grace Meng, D-N.Y. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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POLITICS
Recy Taylor Was Gang-Raped In 1944. Her Niece's Silence At Trump's Speech Will Say Everything.
By Julia Craven
There was no justice, no recourse for her aunt, who stood up anyway. Her quiet presence at the State of the Union address will speak volumes today.
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OPINION
It's Time To Tell A New Story About Women And Power
By Lauren Sandler, Columnist
If 2017 was the year of the woman, it was the year of one very specific kind of woman.
The Rape of Recy Taylor Documentary
BLACK VOICES
Recy Taylor, Whose 1944 Rape Inspired Black Women’s Resistance, Dead At 97
By Alanna Vagianos
Taylor will be remembered for bravely speaking out after she was gang-raped by six white men in the Jim Crow era.
Supporters of Democratic Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Doug Jones celebrate at the election night party in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S., December 12, 2017. Photo taken December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry
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POLITICS
Black Women Are A Political Organizing Force. They’re Not Unicorns.
By Julia Craven
“Don’t just overlook the hard work that we did,” said one black woman who canvassed for Doug Jones.
Shot of a woman posing with a chalk illustration of flexing muscles against a dark background
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WOMEN
We’re All Wonder Woman
By Jill Tietjen, Contributor
STEM women's champion, advocate for women, author, speaker and...
Although we may not each have Wonder Woman’s superpowers, we each possess the ability to change the world. Each of the women
Amy Aves Challenger
HEALTHY LIVING
When We Call Little Girls 'Fat,' We Kill Their Dreams
By Amy Aves Challenger, Contributor
Writer, artist, mom
“She’s fat,” my daughter’s 8-year-old friend said in her sweet voice as she hopped into our car. She was referring to another
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BLACK VOICES
Black College Student Group Stages Successful Three-Day Protest
By Lilly Workneh
UC Santa Cruz's chancellor said the group's effort will "meaningfully improve" the campus.
close up photo of a stack of pancakes with syrup and butter. Shot with selective focus
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TASTE
Rosa Parks' Pancake Recipe Will Blow Yours Out Of The Water
By Julie R. Thomson
There's peanut butter in there.
Demonstrators protest United Airlines at O'Hare International Airport on April 11, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The protest was in response to airport police officers physically removing passenger Dr. David Dao from his seat and dragging him off the airplane, after he was requested to give up his seat for United Airline crew members on a flight from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky Sunday night. / AFP PHOTO / Joshua LOTT (Photo credit should read JOSHUA LOTT/AFP/Getty Images)
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BLACK VOICES
Will Those Outraged At United Airlines Fight For Black And Brown Lives?
By Dan Evans-Nakamura, Contributor
AKA "Dan From The Internet", UC Berkeley Senior, Assistant Pro...
Where will you be the next time other people of color are victimised?
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BLACK VOICES
Rare Photos Show Lesser-Known Black Women Activists Of The 19th Century
By Lilly Workneh
They are hidden figures no more.
Artist Ryan Mendoza poses in front of Rosa Parks' house during an AFP interview in Berlin on March 29, 2017. Rosa Parks fled the American South for Detroit in the 1950s at the height of her civil rights struggle. Now the house where she sought asylum has itself found refuge in a city an ocean away: Berlin. / AFP PHOTO / Tobias SCHWARZ / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Deborah COLE (Photo credit should read TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images)
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BLACK VOICES
What Is Rosa Parks' House Doing In Berlin?
By Mary Papenfuss
Detroit planned to demolish the home, so now it's in an artist's yard in Germany.
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WOMEN
How 3 Women Chose To Rise Above Hardship And Make Herstory
By Alanna Vagianos
These videos highlight the hard work of these historic women.
Angela Davis, American political activist, scholar and author. She emerged as a prominent countercultural activist and radical in the 1960's as a leader of the Communist Party USA. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
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BLACK VOICES
Listen To Legendary Black History Figures Talk About Life, Activism
By Lilly Workneh and Nick Offenberg
Listen up!
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