The world lost another trailblazer in entertainment today (Jan. 7). Sydney Poitier became the first African American man to win an Oscar. Watch the video inside.

Raven Goodwin will play legendary actress Hattie McDaniel, the first African American to ever win an Oscar, in Behind the Smile. Now, she will take on one of her most profound roles to date. 

Behaviors that are shunned in America are natural signs of health and wealth in the motherland.

Chrisette Michele took a lot of heat this week for her decision to perform at Donald Trump‘s Inaugural Ball— but should everyone be pointing the finger at Omarosa instead? The Daily Mail reports that the new POTUS was reluctant to have African American performers at his celebrations. A source revealed that “He felt as though black […]

The school staff only asked Black students to sign the “Keepin’ it 100” pledge to be better students.

Michael Jordan is trying to make up for the years people said he's done nothing for the African-American community.

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The photo, which has since been taken down, was flooded with negative and racist comments about Lagum's natural pout.

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After sharing a special photo on Twitter, a Black woman was trolled with a photo of a young man wearing Nutella as blackface.

The Denver District Attorney declined to charge police officers involved in the death of a mentally ill man named Michael Lee Marshall.

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Ramin Ganeshram, a former journalist for The New York Times and Forbes, penned the book. Backlash ensued over the depiction that slaves were thrilled to be held against their will.

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The officer says he was given a poor performance review because his reports weren't adding up to support the idea that Black and Hispanic teens were the biggest perpetrators of hopping turnstiles.

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After a few jokes about leaving the country, realizing the reality of Donald Trump's presidential bid, the Whoopi Goldberg took things to the next level by removing hyphens from her ethnic identity, implying that her family is rooted in America, not anywhere else.