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Michelle A. Williams to Lead School of Public Health As First Black Harvard Faculty Dean.

Williams, an epidemiologist, will be the first black person to head a faculty at Harvard and the first female dean of the school.

Michelle A. Williams to Lead School of Public Health As First Black Harvard Faculty Dean | News | The Harvard Crimson

WTKR NewsChannel 3 Reporter Laila Muhammad Goes Viral With Her Beyoncé Moves.

Brazilian Beauty Queen Says She Was Dethroned For Being ‘Too Black’

Nayara Justino thought her dreams had come true when she was selected as the Globeleza carnival queen in 2013 after a public vote on one of Brazil’s biggest TV shows. But some regarded her complexion to be too dark to be an acceptable queen. Nayara and her family wonder what this says about racial roles in modern Brazil.

Kat Blaque Calls Out Racism in ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race.’

RE: IS RU PAUL’S DRAG RACE RACIST?

Meet Chirlane McCray. The First Lady of New York City

Chirlane McCray and the Limits of First-Ladyship

This Is The Little Girl Sampled On The Life Of Pablo Opener “Ultralight Beam”

4-year-old Natalie is the first voice heard on Kanye West’s new album.

This Is The Little Girl Sampled On The Life Of Pablo Opener “Ultralight Beam”

Brooklyn Filmmaker Edits Bill Cosby Out of The Cosby Show.

Filmmaker Anthony Sneed of 85 North Productions edited the now-disgraced actor out of the show’s iconic opening sequence and out of an opening scene.

How A Brooklyn Poet Set Up Miami’s Most Exciting New Music Studio

Afro-Cuban poet and activist Aja Monet launches Miami recording studio.

Why A Revered Poet Is Launching A Music Studio For Artists With A Message

‘Blackish’ to air episode about police brutality on black teen.

There won’t be as many laughs as usual on the Feb. 24 episode of “Blackish.”

The ABC sitcom about a black family will tackle the issue of police brutality in the black community, a subject usually reserved for the news or dramas, the Daily News has confirmed.

“Unfortunately the things that we are dealing with in this episode are not new, especially to the black and brown community,” “Blackish” star Anthony Anderson told Variety, which first reported the news.

“It’s something that’s been going on for quite some time.”

‘Blackish’ to air episode on police brutality on black teen

Drake Crashes Bat Mitzvah. Hilarity Ensues.

Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw Honored by the American Bar Foundation.

Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, a professor of law at Columbia University and a professor of law at the University of California, Los Angeles, will receive the Outstanding Scholar Award from the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation. Professor Crenshaw is the author of many books including Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women (African American Policy Forum, 2015).

via JBHE.

From the Bronx to Balmain, One of Fashion’s Newest Faces on Modeling and Diversity.

Bronx native and top model Kayla Scott is enjoying a meteoric rise.


From the Bronx to Balmain, One of Fashion’s Newest Faces on Modeling and Diversity

Kendrick Lamar Took a Group of High School Students From Compton on a Field Trip To THe Grammys.