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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

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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. 

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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.

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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

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Momma keeps the customers coming back!

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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. 

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

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To date, the video has been liked more than 4 million times, many taking to the comments to thank Armstrong for sharing the precious moment with the world. 

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As part of its commitment to increase representation of women of color in STEAM, Olay Body is committing $100,000 in scholarship grants to The Fearless Artist to provide artists access to resources that elicit social change.

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