A local NAACP chapter has announced plans to open up a discrimination hotline for Black students at the University of Missouri.

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“The paradox of education is precisely this – that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.” – James Baldwin They say college is your introduction to the “real world”. It’s often idealized as a safe haven where you can test the waves of adulthood […]

The students of Yale University used their voices to speak out against several instances of racial injustice on the Ivy League campus.

Eminem has partnered with Genius, and will continue his current streak of annotating his new songs on the site.

In Houston, Texas, a high school student was among others participating in a tribute of recently slain Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Darren Gorofth. The student, Fatimah…

Janelle Monae found a way to bounce back this week, after she was reportedly cut off for speaking about police brutality during her TODAY Show…

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More "weapons searches". How many more? #WattsRiots50 pic.twitter.com/Qe3C89HnR8 — Watts Riots 50 (@WattsRiots50) August 16, 2015 In an age when social media activism has spurred…

Longtime civil rights activist Dr. Benjamin Chavis has this to say about people who complain they’re tired of protest marches: “A lot of people say…

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In what Washington Post’s executive editor called “outrageous,” two journalists who traveled to Ferguson, Mo. at the height of protests last year to report have…

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Everyone wants to know how the past 365 days have been since Michael Brown was gunned down by Officer Darren Wilson. It’s not really an…

Resident bad gal Rihanna wanted to bare her good gal side to perform a free concert in Baltimore in memory of police brutality victim Freddie Gray.…