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Revolutionary Journalist Ida B. Wells Is Added To Barbie’s Inspiring Women Series

Ida B. Wells is the latest addition to Barbie's Inspiring Women Series that previously featured Rosa Parks and Ella Fitzgerald. Click here to learn about the Wells' impact on American journalism.

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Life Hacks

How To Start The New Year Off Right?

New year, new you! Leave 2021 in the rear and look forward to 2022. Use the steps below as your guide to a year of greatness.

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Entertainment

My Favorite Songs About Natural Hair

There are not many songs that have lyrics about natural hair. And of those very few songs, there are even a fewer number of songs that I actually like. Of all of the songs about...

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Trailblazers

Here Is What I Learned From Reading bell hooks

bell hooks was a writer, professor, and literature critic whose work resonated with me. Her literature inspired me to write and encouraged me to read. Click here to see what I learned.

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Entertainment

8 Black Christmas Movies To Watch On Christmas Eve

It's the most wonderful time of the year to watch a holiday movie. We have created a list of Black Christmas movies that will get you in the holiday spirit.

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Homer Plessy of the Plessy v Ferguson case plus a photo of a news article about the case

Black History

Plessy of Plessy v. Ferguson ’separate but equal’ Granted Posthumous Pardon 125 Years Later

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards granted Homer Plessy a posthumous pardon. The pardon comes 125 years after the Plessy v. Ferguson case that Plessy is historically known for being a plaintiff of.

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Black History

World Health Organization honors Henrietta Lacks with an Award

Henrietta Lacks was an African American woman, whose cancerous cells revolutionized medical research.

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Image of 15 year old Claudette Colvin next to news paper article about her

Black History, Trailblazers

Claudette Colvin, The Girl That Came Before Rosa Parks, Files To Get Her Record Cleared From 1955

Before Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin. Claudette Colvin refused to move to the back of a segregated bus in Alabama, months before Rosa Parks.

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Culture

Maya Angelou Quarters Are Finally Here

Maya Angelou is featured on a U.S. quarter, thanks to The U.S. Mint American Women Quarters Program. The quarters are now available for purchase. Get your Maya Angelou quarter today.

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Entertainment

The Fugees Reunion Tour Is Cancelled

The legendary hip hop trio, The Fugees are going on tour in November. The group is reuniting to mark the 25th anniversary of their album, The Score.

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