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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has taken the first step in making all of its content accessible online through a new Searchable Museum. On Thursday, the Museum launched digital access to its Slavery & Freedom exhibit, which is where visitors of the Washington, D.C. collection begin …

Photo: Pixel-Shot (Shutterstock) In 2016, retired Army captain Larry Jefferson became the first Black Santa Claus at Bloomington Minnesota’s Mall of America. While mall goers went wild with support, the internet was in an uproar against the new hire. NPR reported that negative attacks against Jefferson began spreading just as …

It appears that Real Housewives of Potomac co-stars Mia Thornton and Candiace Dillard Bassett have finally buried the hatchet.  The two castmates took a break from fighting on Sunday night’s episode (October 17) and decided to handle their issues with a different approach. They agreed that talking things through was …

Days after a video surfaced of a controversial sermon during which Bronx pastor Dr. Burnett L. Robinson seemed to advocate for spousal rape, the Seventh-Day Adventist Church has stripped him of his title permanently. Robinson made his controversial remarks during a Nov. 13 sermon which was shared to YouTube on …

Virgil Abloh walks the runway during the Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring Summer 2020 show in Paris Fashion Week on June 20, 2019 in Paris, France.Photo: Pascal Le Segretain (Getty Images) The fashion world wept Sunday morning as word spread: Virgil Abloh, founder of luxury streetwear brand Off-White and artistic director …

Country singer Jimmie Allen and his wife Alexis Gale have officially welcomed their second child together.  On Saturday (Oct. 16) the couple welcomed daughter Zara James in Nashville, Tennessee, before announcing the news the following day. Allen, who is also a contestant on this season’s Dancing With the Stars, shared …

Whenever the holiday season rolls around you can expect three things to accompany it— quality time with loved ones, awesome Amazon sales, and gaining unwanted pounds. Even when the leftovers are gone, that ham, greens, beans, and potatoes shows up in other places. Increased alcohol consumption can also attribute to …

Travis McMichael, the man who pulled the trigger and killed Arbery, was found guilty of all nine counts that he was charged with including felony murder. Photo: Stephen B. Morton (AP) Can you hear that? It’s a collective sigh of relief. “Guilty.” Let’s just say it. “Thank God, this was …

Childhood is a fruitful source of inspiration for artists, but some return to it more than others. The poet Marie Howe is one of them. She grew up in a large Catholic family, the oldest of nine siblings and one of 100 first cousins; she said in 2017 that family …

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