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Details: Written by By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press; Published: 13 October 2022

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Lawyers for the two men filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Atlanta alleging that they were racially profiled and illegally stopped by Clayton County police at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 04 October 2022

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Spooky SZN is here! With so many costume ideas to choose from, we’re always left asking ourselves one question: What should I be for Halloween?

Details: Written by By BOTWC staff; Published: 23 September 2022

Every week the internet is rife with content. There is some good and of course some bad, but here, we specialize only in the good stuff.

Cicely Tyson

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 12 September 2022

Honoree Cicely Tyson arrives at the Essence Third Annual "Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon" in Beverly Hills, Calif. on March 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

The tribute to the late East Harlem native Cicely Tyson will be marked with a street celebration on the very stretch of 101st that she grew up

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 01 September 2022

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American Girl dolls started as a way to teach American history to children, creating dolls with deep character backstories. A new character, Claudie, is a young girl growing up during the Harlem Renaissance.

Details: Written by By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer; Published: 16 August 2022

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Ellia Green realized as a young child -- long before becoming an Olympic champion -- that a person’s identity and a gender assigned at birth can be very different things.

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 28 July 2022

Jay Sharrers is a British Columbia native, growing up in the city of hope, just two hours east of Vancouver. He and his brother both had dreams of making it big as hockey players

Details: Written by By BOTWC staff; Published: 27 July 2022

Momma keeps the customers coming back!

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent; Published: 18 July 2022

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The singer and entrepreneur, whose Fenty Beauty line counts among the most popular in the world, is the only billionaire under 40 on Forbes’ list.

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 13 June 2022

She’s only the 17th person in history to receive such an honor!

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