Ricky Riley
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Iconic Trans Rights Activists Marsha P. Johnson And Sylvia Rivera To Be Honored With Their Own Monuments In New York City
Two of the most iconic trans rights activists in American... → Read More
Disgruntled Professor Claims Black Girls Code Discriminates Because It Serves Girls Of Color
Black Girls Code, an organization dedicated to teaching... → Read More
Activist Shaun King Creates New PAC That Plans To Elect Progressive Prosecutors To Help Reform The Justice System
As one of the most recognizable faces of the Black Lives... → Read More
Utah Elementary School Drops Andrew Jackson Namesake, Renames School After NASA Engineer Mary Jackson
One Utah elementary school is attempting to rectify... → Read More
San Francisco's First Black Woman Mayor Voted Out Behind Closed Doors
After the death of San Francisco's Mayor Edwin Lee at... → Read More
Phylicia Rashad, Denzel Washington Paid For 'This Is Us' Star Susan Kelechi Watson To Study At Oxford
The only way we can make the world a better place is by... → Read More
Model Ebonee Davis Skewers Racism In Fashion Industry In Brilliant TED Talk
Model Ebonee Davis struggled for years because she didn't fit society's image of beauty, but now she advises young girls not to run away from their Blackne → Read More
Biracial Irish Adults Say Catholic Orphanages Offered Nothing But Pain, Misery, Horror
For decades, the Irish Catholic Church has denied abusing the abandoned illegitimate children of Irish mothers and African fathers forced into their instit → Read More
Trevor Noah: Until We Start Treating Racism Like a Disease, It'll Never Go Away
After living under the explicit racism of Apartheid South Africa, "The Daily Show"'s Trevor Noah believes that America shifted away from the overt racism o → Read More
Ex-NBA Star Craig Hodges Lost Millions by Standing Up for Black People — and He Doesn't Regret It
Talented shooter and 2-time NBA champion Craig Hodges' 10-year career came to screeching halt after giving President George H.W. Bush a letter that demande → Read More
Beyoncé Releases New Photos As First Pregnancy Post Shatters Instagram 'Likes' Record
Superstar entertainer and music icon Beyoncé released a full photo album of her baby bump on Thursday, Feb. 2, as her announcement that she was expecting t → Read More
CNN Panel Descends Into Utter Chaos Over Trump's Frederick Douglass Flub
CNN commentators Symone Sanders and Paris Dennard nearly jumped down each other's throats Wednesday, Feb. 1, after President Donald Trump's Frederick Dougl → Read More
Pastor Scott Alleges 'Top Gang Thugs In Chicago' Reached Out to Him Because They Believe in Trump
Pastor Darrell Scott told President Donald Trump and a room of Black advisers that gang members in Chicago were willing to stem violence in the city by wor → Read More
5 Things to Know About the Greensboro Sit-In and the Four HBCU Students Who Started It
Started a Movement The nonviolent sit-in lunch-counter protests in Greensboro, N.C., started Feb. 1, 1960, and ended July 25. Due to the valiant work of N. → Read More
Stephen A. Smith on Barkley-James Feud: 'It Has Gone a Bit Too Far'
ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith understands the reasoning behind Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James' passionate response to TNT analyst Charles Barkle → Read More
Questions Arise Over Whether Trump Actually Knows Who Frederick Douglass Is At Black History Event
WATCH: Pres. Trump praises MLK, Frederick Douglass, and bemoans media coverage while discussing Black History Month. — NBC Nightly → Read More
Jamelia Recalls White Woman Questioning Her First Class Ticket, Says Black People Deal with This All the Time
British singer-songwriter Jamelia, who was questioned by a white train passenger over her first- → Read More
Teacher, Peers Make A Girl Who Felt Insecure About Dark Skin Feel Beautiful
A group of young Southwest Baltimore Charter students comforted one of their peers after she told them she never f → Read More
Shannon Sharpe Explains Exactly Why Charles Barkley Has No Room to Criticize LeBron James
Fox Sports One commentator and NFL great Shannon Sharpe ripped TNT analyst Charles Barkley for claiming Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James did not want → Read More
U.S. Will Train Caribbean Nations to Battle, Stop Human Trafficking
With January recognized as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency says its H → Read More