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Diddy’s Mother Finally Breaks Her Silence Amid Her Son’s Legal Troubles

Amid all of the controversy surrounding Sean “Diddy” Combs, one person has been noticeably quiet: the music mogul’s mother, Janice Small Combs. That all changed over the weekend. Read more…

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HBCU Spotlight Artist: Samia Minnicks, Virginia State University

Virginia State University alum Samia Minnicks is a full-time entrepreneur running a photography business, but she doesn’t simply seek out picture-perfect shots. Instead, she dedicates significant time to unearthing old photographs. Right now, she is especially interested in photos tied to Historically Black Colleges and Universities from the late 1800s and early 1900s that are

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Ultimate HBCU Sports Division II Football Poll: A loss at the top shakes up the rankings

Following Clark Atlanta’s loss this weekend against Savannah State, Johnson C. Smith is now the last remaining unbeaten team in HBCU football. The Panthers were one of three teams in the top five of last week’s rankings that lost this weekend, including Winston-Salem State and Virginia State. Here is this week’s edition of the Ultimate

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HBCU Sports Ultimate Division I Football Poll: NC Central stays at No. 1

Week 6 saw business as usual for the top two in our HBCU Sports Ultimate Division I football poll, as well as a few teams making a case to slide up – and in one case, back into – the rankings. Let’s take a look at the poll heading into what promises to be another

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Justice Department launches first federal review of 1921 Tulsa race massacre

By Reuters and Michelle Garcia The U.S. Justice Department has launched a review and evaluation of the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said. The massacre started on May 31, 1921, when white attackers killed as many as 300 people, most of them Black, in Tulsa’s prosperous Greenwood neighborhood, which had gained the nickname

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Eric Adams’s future in question as legal woes threaten to mount

By Hanna Trudo Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams is fighting for his political life as he finds himself in the middle of a legal firestorm, raising questions about how much longer he can hold on to power. Adams was indicted last week by the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office in a wide-ranging federal corruption probe, the culmination

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On Nov. 5, we must ‘be about’ voting – especially young people

By Dr. Frances ‘Toni’ Draper The lyrics of an old Negro Spiritual poignantly declare, “Everybody talkin’ ’bout Heaven ain’t goin’ there.” Unfortunately, in 2024, despite all the discussion and debate about the presidential election, everybody talking about voting ain’t going there, either. It’s one thing to talk about the importance of this year’s presidential election,

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Obama to hit the campaign trail for Harris in battleground states

By Kierra Frasier Kamala Harris was among Barack Obama’s earliest supporters in 2008, knocking on doors and raising money to help propel him to a two-term presidency. Now, he’s returning the favor. The former president will appear Thursday at an event in the Pittsburgh area, the start of what will be part of a swing-state

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