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The Nigerian Women’s Bobsled Team Is Out To Make History
Three women are on a quest to make history, and not just for themselves but for their country. Seun Adigan,…
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Harlem Run: Stories From The Pavement
A few weeks ago, more than 50,000 people completed the New York City Marathon a record-breaking number, making it the largest…
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How Three Homeless Sisters Became Sports Illustrated’s ‘Sports Kids of the Year’
Tai (11), Rainn (10) and Brooke Sheppard (9) crushed the competition at this year's Junior Olympics, but getting there didn't come…
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NFL
Five NFL Players Went To Capitol Hill To Address Police Brutality
The headlines have become so painfully repetitive and the hashtags so common that the unjust killing of unarmed black citizens…
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HBCU
Rod Reed Is Defying Odds And Breaking Barriers
For years, I have heard from NFL players like Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Anthony Levine about how awesome their college football coach was.…
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Barbershop Books
Our friends at Blavity sat down with Alvin Irby, Chief Reading Inspirer at Barbershop Books, a nationally recognized program that creates…
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HBCU
Late HBCU Track Legend, Ed Temple, Taught Us How To Run Our Own Race
In order to appreciate your present, you have to acknowledge the past. Despite the critics and skeptics, there have been…
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Serena Williams Makes Impassioned Statement On Racism And Police Brutality
In light of the recent, racially-charged events in the U.S. involving the police, Serena Williams is speaking out and she's…
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What They Didn’t Tell You About The Black Barber In America
On an episode of the Kojo Nnamdi Show titled "The History of Black Barbershops," Mr. Nnamdi says: Used to be that you could get…
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MLB
Hip Hop, Darryl Strawberry And Growing Up Black in NYC
It was his swingit was always about his swing. There was a bravado in the batters box, a swag to…
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