Kanye West Says He's Running For President This Year

Photo: Saul Loeb (Getty Images) Kanye West is apparently going to make good on a promise he made five years ago when he won MTV’s Michael Jackson Vanguard Award and announced his plan to run for president in 2020. On Saturday, the rapper/designer/MAGA supporter tweeted (using some very Trump-esque language) …

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This Day in Black History: July 4, 1881

On July 4, 1881, educator and activist Booker T. Washington founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, known today as Tuskegee University, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Washington served as the school’s first principal and presided over the first day of class, which was held in a one-room church before the first official building …

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See Colin Kaepernick Respond To 'Happy 4th Of July' Tweets

After the unprecedented protest movements in support of Black lives and justice across the country these past few weeks, this Fourth of July has been hitting different. Many are tired of the white supremacist narratives about American independence, and instead are quoting Frederick Douglass and other leading Black thinkers about …

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What, to the Slave, Is the Fourth of July?

Illustration: A. H. Richie Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on July 4, 2019. In 1852, the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Association invited abolitionist, activist and statesman Frederick Douglass to speak at their July Fourth Independence Day Celebration in Rochester, N.Y. He refused. But he agreed to speak on July …

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What Camp People Are Losing This Summer

Read: RIP summer camp I’ve always said that a day at camp is like two weeks in real life. Every emotion, friendship, and romantic feeling is amplified. On those campgrounds, an extraordinary, emotional magic takes place. Some of my most vivid and fondest memories are of my days at camp. …

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