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Blavity Inc. Has Raised $6.5 Million In Our First Official Round Of Funding. This Is What It Means For You.

Blavity fam, You know we just want to make y'all proud, right? So for the past year, our power players have been networking like nobody's business so we can...

The University Of Illinois Launches Program To Create More Black And Latino Male Teachers

Knowledge is certainly powerful, but it becomes even more so when you add representation to the equation. Students of color having access to teachers who look like them is...

Denzel Washington Jokingly Asked Chadwick Boseman To Pay Him Back For Sending Him To Acting School

Denzel Washington paid for Chadwick Boseman to study acting at Oxford University, and now he wants his money back.Washington appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert...

Afrosexologists Are Using Sex-Ed To Take 'Down White Supremacy One Orgasm At A Time'

There's many ways to fight against white supremacy and the systemic racism that keeps black folks in a perpetual state of struggle. Two sex-positive sistas, Rafaella...

Home Depot Fires 60-Year-Old Employee For Defending Himself During Customer's Racist Tirade

One would think the phrase "the customer is always right" excludes racism.Maurice Rucker, 60, had recently reached his 10-year anniversary as an employee at a Home...

It Could All Be So Simple, But Lauryn Hill Is Making Punctuality Way Too Hard

That moment when you're hosting an iconic tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of your groundbreaking album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, and you sorta...

NFL Temporarily Suspends Anti-#TakeAKnee Policy

The NFL has decided to hold off on implementing its controversial national anthem policy.The NFL and NFL Player's Association (NFLPA) released a joint statement...

U.S. Has Only Managed To Reunite 14 Percent Of Forcibly Separated Migrant Families Less Than A Week Ahead Of Its Deadline

U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw's deadline for the Trump administration to reunite all migrant children with their families is on the horizon. That deadline is July...