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By D.L. Chandler
Actor, director, writer, and diplomat Sidney Poitier has enjoyed an iconic career that spans the better part of 50 years. Poitier is the first Black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor back in 1964 for his role...
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By Rachel Siegel Washington Post
Vanessa Hall-Harper, a lifelong resident of this city's poorest area, has viewed the opening of dollar stores in recent years with trepidation. The stores were a reminder of the blight, she said, and they blocked grocers...
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By Erin Jensen
Trevor Noah brought up recent developments into the investigation of January's attack on actor Jussie Smollett on his nightly program Monday.
As of Sunday, Chicago police were pursuing "additional detective work" amid suspicion that the attack may have been faked. Two...
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By Muggsy Bogues
Before anybody called me Muggsy, my family called me Apple.
I used to cut my hair real low and keep a shiny head, like a shiny apple. It was a term of endearment. I didn’t really think about it...
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By LUKE KENTON
John Salter Jr. was one of the three famous faces of the May 29 1963 protest
He was doused in ketchup, mustard and sugar and attacked with brass knuckles
The photograph became an iconic symbol of the...
By Fred L Jones, Jr.
Eagle Staff Writer
fjones@theoklahomaeagele.net
Native Tulsan Caroline Bennett is making her dreams come true as an Inspirational speaker, spoken word artist, entrepreneur, storyteller, singer and #FreeBlackGirlRising are a few words to describe this native of north Tulsa.
Bennett...
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The Super Bowl was packed with controversy due to its treatment of Colin Kaepernick. Although many people dismissed the idea of a “boycott,” it may have been effective because the show had the worst ratings in a decade.
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By Daryl Nelson
T.I. is on a mission, and it has to do with rebuilding his old neighborhood in the Center Hill section of Atlanta.
In 2017 he started a real estate company called Buy Back the Block, and considering what he’s accomplished...
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Tonya Pendleton
When you’re single and over 40, Valentine’s Day can seem like the longest day of the year. Either you’ve never had a great love and at this stage it doesn’t seem like that’s going to change, or you...
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By Shalise Manza Young
Owning a small business is tough. So tough, a high percentage of them fail within months of opening.
So if you’ve kept a business going for more than 20 years, you’re probably doing something right.
Until you don’t.
A sports...
