Mary J. Blige to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at #BETAwards
Mary J Blige, The Queen of Hip Hop Soul, will be honored at the upcoming 2019 BET Awards with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The network announced Wednesday t... Read More...
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Teacher Fired at Oregon School after Telling Student, ‘You’re Lucky I’m not Making You Pick Cotton’
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Unitarian Universalist Church Dropped as Polling Place over ‘Black Lives Matter’ Banner
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Ava DuVernay and ‘The Exonerated Five’ Talk #WhenTheySeeUs With Oprah Winfrey
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Natasha Tynes Sues Publisher Rare Bird for ‘Racism’ After Shaming Black Metro Worker
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Boston Red Sox Legend David Ortiz Stable After Being Shot in the Dominican Republic
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Our First and Only Love
By Khem Aunghk Annu
Beware,
beware,
there is a Queen
to be seen,
a beauty amidst the unreal
with natural features unaltered
and unconcealed,
she’s not j... Read More...
