Blavity Bulletin

Auntie Maxine luh the kids. She's encouraging us to not only reclaim our time, but to also reclaim hip hop. At the 48th Annual CBC Legislative Conference, Congresswoman Maxine Waters moderated a panel of influential emcees. Common, Rapsody, YBN Chardae, and DC-based artist, Bomani Armah graced...

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Update (September 23, 2018): The Texas school superintendent who wrote "you can't count on a black quarterback," referencing Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, has resigned from his post, following a social media maelstrom.Lynn Redden, who served as the Onalaska Independent...

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Dear 6LACK,You did it again with this one.I remember when I listened to your debut album, Free 6LACK. From beginning to end, the album introduced me to an artist who was fearless in being his whole self, when it came to the music he put out and the lyrics he let loose from the confines of his...

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Whenever the justification of white criminality intersects with black bodies, a loss of innocence is sure to follow. Botham Jean is the latest black man to succumb to such violence and personal scrutiny — posthumously.Jean was gunned down at his home in Dallas earlier this month by Officer...

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Yesterday, my mom called and asked me if I'd heard about the teenage girl that was killed by another girl over a boy. She was referring to Danyna Gibson (16) and Tanaya Lewis (17), two girls involved in an altercation that resulted in Danyna dying from stab wounds. She suggested that I reach...

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