Still clocked in: What independence day owes my ancestors

Author Jonathan Conyers reflects on what 250 years of American independence means to him as a descendant of enslaved people.

Serena Williams pulls out of Wimbledon doubles match with sister Venus due to knee injury

Serena Williams has withdrawn from her Wimbledon doubles match alongside sister Venus due to a right knee injury sustained ...
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Trump supporters took shelter in the African American History Museum during the July 4 storm. The internet had thoughts.

Thousands of visitors attending the Freedom 250 celebration on the National Mall on July 4 ended up in an unexpected NMAAHC shelter situation after severe thunderstorms forced a mass evacuation of the ...
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Masked Patriot Front members march through Washington, D.C. on the Fourth of July, chanting ‘Reclaim America’

Members of Patriot Front, a white supremacist group, marched through Washington, D.C. on the Fourth of July, chanting slogans and carrying Confederate flags as the country marked its 250th anniversary ...
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Morehouse student Chad Pitts balances 4.0 GPA with rising boxing career

At Morehouse College, junior economics major Chad Pitts is proving that academic excellence and elite athletics can go hand in hand. The 20-year-old, known in boxing circles as “Candyman,” is ...
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Jaylen Brown was labeled a problem at 19. Boston just proved the label stuck

Jaylen Brown was 19 years old when a grown man with an NBA front office job looked at his file and decided he had a flaw. Not a bad shot. Not a bad attitude. The flaw was that he was too smart for the ...

Michelle Obama gets candid about the ‘freedom’ of life after 50 at ESSENCE Fest

Former First Lady Michelle Obama reflected on life after age 50 during a conversation with Keke Palmer at Essence Festival.

Meet Yinka Ogunbiyi, the woman behind the world’s first hair braiding robot

HaloBraid aims to cut braid appointments in half, ease the physical toll on stylists, and give Black women back their ...
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Author Tomi Adeyemi says she won’t watch her own book’s movie adaptation

Tomi Adeyemi, author of the bestselling novel “Children of Blood and Bone,” has publicly distanced herself from the upcoming film adaptation of her own book, raising new questions about the state of ...

Alicia Brown, wife of Big Tigger, responds to Francesca Amiker’s defamation lawsuit against her

Alicia Brown has responded after Big Tigger's radio co-host Francesca Amiker filed a federal defamation lawsuit accusing her ...
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Cardi B says Caribbeans and Latinos can thrive in America because of the civil rights movement

Cardi B is giving credit to African-Americans for making it possible for Caribbean and Latino people to build lives in the United States. The “Bodgea Baddie” artist shared these remarks with CNN’s ...
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Man killed at Florida Walmart after parking dispute as woman claims self-defense

A man is dead after a dispute, allegedly over a parking space at a Walmart in North Lauderdale, Florida, escalated into a fatal shooting on June 30. Bart Diguglielmo, 62, of Lauderhill, was shot just ...