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Photo: totojang1977 (Shutterstock) A local nonprofit in Athens, GA is finally getting the recognition it deserves. Chess and Community, founded by Lemuel “Life” LeRoche may have just celebrated its tenth anniversary this past March, but was born nearly twenty years ago in the early 2000s. As a Brooklyn, New York …

That fateful night at the 94th Academy Awards ceremony sent the world into a frenzy, birthing discourse from every conceivable angle, SNL sketches, the banishment of Will Smith from the Oscars, and everything in between.  The one person who has yet to speak on the issue is Chris Rock himself, …

A quilt featuring Black pioneers of the past century from a county in western North Carolina is on display at a recently opened African American museum in the state, according to the Gaston Gazette. The decorative spread, measuring 5-by-6 feet, contains more than 60 squares that display headshots of business …

Jeannie Mai Jenkins, left; Tamera Mowry-Housely, Loni Love, and Adrienne Houghton.Photo: David Livingston (Getty Images) On Friday, it was announced that the popular daytime talk show, The Real, had been canceled after eight seasons. The show, which originally aired in 2013, was historic in the fact that it was the …

Gabriel “Gabe” George may have lost the use of his right arm, but that won’t stop him from competing against some of the world’s top servicemen and servicewomen.  George, of Jacksonville, Florida, will compete in the Invictus Games later this month. The Games, held in The Hague in the Netherlands …

When the Russian poet Osip Mandelstam published his collection Tristia in 1922, the Bolshevik government had begun to tighten its grip on artists, pressuring them to use their talent for propaganda. Though he sympathized with the socialist cause, Mandelstam didn’t believe in writing for any political agenda. But he knew …

A good and competent graphic designer will always be in high demand. Virtually every business uses a graphic designer. Everyone from authors to newspaper companies to social media influencers implement graphic design into their line of work. There is no shortage of graphic design opportunities, and there is no shortage …

A national task force plans to tackle bias in the home appraisal process, a problem that harms Black homeowners across the county and costs them a lot of money. President Biden launched the Property Appraisal Valuation Equity task force, with federal agencies that include the Department of Justice, the Department of Housing …

Photo: Larry French (Getty Images) Following the recent incident which should only have to be referred to from this point on as “the slap,” singer August Alsina seems to have thrown his sneaky link handbook right out of the window. In a new song titled “Shake The World,” Alsina seems …

A local Newport News, Virginia, teacher is suing a former student after incessant racist teasing.  Joel Mungo, a 21 year veteran history teacher at Menchville High School, says the constant taunts were unlike anything he’s ever experienced as an educator, reports WAVY.  “Someone left a banana at my door. The …