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HARLEM, NY (February 20, 2020) – More than twenty years ago, Geoffrey Canada dared to imagine a different, better future for the impoverished, vulnerable community of Central Harlem. His story—along with a group of dedicated people who’ve turned his vision into reality as the pioneering Harlem Children’s Zone—is the focus …

Late Grammy nominee Chuck Brown, photographed here in 2011, was observed as the Godfather of the Go-Go sound, which dates back to the mid-1960s in D.C. Photo: Chris Pizzello (Associated Press) Chuck Brown would be proud. Chocolate City finally – officially – has its own sound, on the books. This …

Read: Bloomberg’s beating Second, while former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Amy Klobuchar, and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg again split the moderate vote, Sanders has—at least for now—consolidated the left wing of the Democratic Party behind him. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s forceful performance in Wednesday’s Las Vegas debate came too late …

Parents are speaking out after their children were assigned a project about “African animals” for Black History Month. Three white kindergarten teachers at Sutherland Elementary, a neighborhood Chicago Public School rooted in Beverly, Illinois, thought of a bizarre Black History Month assignment and sent children home with a note that …

Erykah Badu and her daughter Puma sings on “Good Morning Texas.”Photo: screengrab (WFAA) Tis’ The Season. Erykah Badu (a.k.a. Lo Down Loretta Brown a.k.a. Badulla Oblongata a.k.a. Sara Bellum a.k.a. Analogue Girl in a Digital World and a.k.a. Manuela Maria Mexico) is getting closer to the Big 5-0. On Feb. …

The star of this Baudrillardian spectacle is indubitably Al Pacino playing Meyer Offerman, the serene overseer of a band of vigilante Nazi hunters in 1977 New York. But the show, created by the relative newcomer David Weil and produced by Jordan Peele, is loyal to comic-book origin stories, and so …

Former NBA star Dwyane Wade sparked a national conversation about parenting when he announced that his 12-year-old child identifies as female and goes by the name Zaya. On February 11, he told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, “Me and my wife, Gabrielle Union, we are proud parents of a child …

BET and CBS News recently conducted a mini-poll with African-Americans to better understand their concerns heading into election season. What was discovered is that in 2016, the Black voter turnout rate declined sharply, dropping below that of whites. It had been trending up since 1996. According to the poll, typical …

Ray J is pulling on heartstrings when he talks about his kids.  The rapper, TV personality and successful entrepreneur says his motivation to work hard is his one-year-old daughter, Melody, and newborn son, Epik. “When I’m working hard, it’s all for them,” Ray J told People. “I want to make …