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Standup comedy is alive and well these days as Chris Tucker, Mo’Nique and Katt Williams are all mounting comeback shows on the comedy circuit. And…

Lifestyle

Malaika Firth is known as “London’s new modeling wonder” and we can see why! In July, the Kenyan-born beauty became Prada’s first black campaign model…

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In 1841, 33-year-old Solomon Northup was a free black man living comfortably in Saratoga, NY with his wife, Anne, and three children – Margaret, Elizabeth…

It’s pathetic that Ben Carson, the world-renown neurosurgeon, will say almost anything to preserve his status as a black mouthpiece for the Republican Party. And…

News One

Oxygen’s show, “Preachers of L.A.” has created a wave of controversy since the premiere episode last week. In the clip below Roland Martin talks with Rahiel…

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Virginia State University welcomes Smooth Jazz Recording Artist Marcus Johnson to the campus on Friday, October 18th, 7pm, for their annual “Jazz On The Hill” concert as a part of the VSU Homecoming weekend. Johnson, based out of Washington, DC, has 15 albums to his credit and has performed all over the globe. Johnson is […]

Sports

The 2013 NFL season rolls on into Week 7 with the AFC West proving to be the strongest division with the two remaining undefeated teams in Denver and Kansas City, and the San Diego Chargers are also on a roll. Interesting weekend for the Broncos, who go into Indianapolis to play in the house their […]

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Kathy Griffin and A$AP Rocky have not had sex yet. However, they’ve talked about it a lot. In Public. A$AP Rocky first discussed having sex…

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The Virginia Union University Panthers never give up, even after four consecutive defeats to open the season, they pulled out a victory over Livingstone for Union’s first win of the year.  The Panthers are on an official two-game win streak after a big win CIAA win at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and now return to Richmond for Homecoming Saturday […]

Sports

The late legendary football coach Eddie Robinson probably wouldn’t recognize the Grambling State University football program that he once directed.  The atmosphere has become so intolerant that even the players have had it.  On Tuesday, team members walked out in on a meeting with the school’s president and athletic director, the Shreveport Times reports. The team […]

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In 2007, a three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit in Indiana upheld the nation’s first voter ID law along party lines. At the time, Democrats and…

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In a sad turn of events, civil rights activist Harry Belafonte is suing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s estate. Belafonte,  who helped financially support MLK’s…