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The innovative, the political, the smart, and the creative are gathered for the first-ever TEDx talk in Harlem at the famed Riverside Church. Watch the…

Roland Martin is hosting a special event Tuesday evening live from Howard University’s campus. Watch LIVE online 8-11pm. Tune in to get various perspectives on…

After winning Golden Globe, BAFTA and SAG and Critics’ Choice Awards for her role in The Help, Octavia Spencer won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar…

Just as global corporations are learning that ecologically sound businesses are actually good for profits, they are also learning that a racially and ethnically diverse…

In 2009, sprinter and Olympic gold medalist LaShawn Merrit tested positive for banned performance enhancing drugs and faced a two year ban from competition —…

CNN reports that 15-year-old Kimberly Anyadike of Compton, Calif. has become the youngest Black woman in history to fly solo across America. She was coached…

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — The last time Camille and Jason Hammond saw President Barack Obama it was on a JumboTron as they shivered in the…

From The Grio: Today President Barack Obama signs the Health care and Education Reconciliation Act on 2010 into law. No one has missed the health…

From the Washington Post: Three generations of the Howard University community gathered Friday to remember James Edward Cheek, the longtime Howard president who envisioned a…

From JackandJillPolitics.com: Hey y’all, last Fri afternoon as Black History Month drew to a close, Barack Obama signed an executive order intended to strengthen the…