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A psychiatrist at Harvard and an adviser to Jesse Jackson and Bill Cosby, he challenged Black Americans to stand up to ...

He was able to take action after graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1980. As part of the National Health Service Corps ...

Austin's Huston-Tillotson University continues a Black male teacher pipeline program it started in 2020 after the pandemic ...

Pierre Poilievre has racked up endorsements from Trumpists, fascists, alt-right influencers and disinformation specialists — ...

"It's been so sad to watch him go from my sweet little brother to a hateful guy who is stuck in his room all the time." ...

The New Yorker, now celebrating its centenary, has defied media trends by giving an unusual amount of control to the artists ...

Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...

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Today, it is crucial that we make a concerted effort to celebrate the positive contributions that four Black men have made to ...

Marcus Shorter looks at Joel in Scream 2 and explains why he's the smartest Black character ever seen in a horror film.

The leaders' message was delivered inside the Walnut Room at Macy's — letting kids and adults know you can't be it unless you ...