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Jennifer Hudson, Chance the Rapper and Quincy Jones Are Pooling Funds To Reopen Chicago’s Legendary Ramova Theatre

Jennifer Hudson, Chance the Rapper and Quincy Jones Are Pooling Funds To Reopen Chicago’s Legendary Ramova Theatre

Three musical icons are teaming up to resurrect a historic cultural institution in their hometown. Read More
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WATCH: In My Feed – Students Outraged Over The Suspension Of Black Girl Called Racial Slurs And Attacked By White Student

WATCH: In My Feed – Students Outraged Over The Suspension Of Black Girl Called Racial Slurs And Attacked By White Student

WATCH: In My Feed -Did You Know: Rosa Parks Refused To Give Up Her Seat On This Day?

WATCH: In My Feed -Did You Know: Rosa Parks Refused To Give Up Her Seat On This Day?

WATCH: Highlights From Essence Best In Black Fashion Awards & Fashion House

WATCH: Highlights From Essence Best In Black Fashion Awards & Fashion House

WATCH: In My Feed – New Black Holiday Movies To Watch This Season

WATCH: In My Feed – New Black Holiday Movies To Watch This Season

WATCH: In My Feed – Study Finds That Employees Are ‘Covering’ Their True Identities In The Workplace

WATCH: In My Feed – Study Finds That Employees Are ‘Covering’ Their True Identities In The Workplace

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Police Killed A Black Woman In Front Of Her Nephew. The City Has Now Awarded Him A $3.5M Settlement

Police Killed A Black Woman In Front Of Her Nephew. The City Has Now Awarded Him A $3.5M Settlement

Zion Carr, then 8, was playing video games with Atatiana Jefferson when officer Aaron Dean fired his gun and killed… Read More

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Carla Hall On Her Favorite Holiday Flavors, Tips For First-Time Bakers, And The Key To A Making A Great Cookie

Carla Hall On Her Favorite Holiday Flavors, Tips For First-Time Bakers, And The Key To A Making A Great Cookie

The chef and baking queen shares her thoughts on flavors to try, mistakes to avoid making in the kitchen, and… Read More

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Alabama State’s ‘Rock The Campus’ Reveals HBCU-Hip-Hop Connection

Alabama State's 'Rock The Campus' Event Reveals HBCU-Hip-Hop Connection

Rappers 2 Chainz and Skooly electrified the campus in a tribute to the impact of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Read More

Love & Sex

Holiday Celebrations, Wedding Anniversaries, And Date Nights: The Best In Black Love In November

Holiday Celebrations, Wedding Anniversaries, And Date Nights: The Best In Black Love In November

From celebrating decades-long unions to family gatherings for the holidays, these celebrity couples and families showed just how bonded they… Read More

Beauty

Beauty Secrets: How To Contour With Priscilla Ono

Beauty Secrets: How To Contour With Priscilla Ono

Fenty Beauty’s Global Makeup Artist walks us through her secret to defining and sculpting the face. Read More

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Big Freedia’s Black Opal Collaboration Is All About Bounce

Big Freedia’s Black Opal Collaboration Is All About Bounce

The artist collaborated with beauty brand, Black Opal, on a limited edition line of eyeshadow, lashes, and nails Read More

Fashion

A Look At Desyrée Nicole’s New Detroit Pistons Collection

Desyrée Nicole Is Tapped By Detroit Pistons For A Special Collection

The Michigan-born designer and NBA team join forces to create a Detroit-inspired collection. Read More