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BTN STAFF Photographer Joe Conzo wants people to know the history behind Hip Hop music. He started to document the culture and the people behind it in the late 70’s. Now he and fellow photographers
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By: Mark A. Russell Article Submission This has been a very busy new year, but I did have the opportunity to enjoy the movie “Selma” and reflect upon the realities of being a black male
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By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer Usually when I hear auto-tune vocals on the beginning of a song I start to grimace. I start to think about “trap” and “drill” music and start feel like I
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Liquid Wealth of Black Americans $200 By Phillip Jackson Article Submission (Sri Lanka) Welcome to America, where Black Americans are more likely to be under-educated, unemployed, and imprisoned than their White peers; where Black Americans,
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By: Jarrod Horton Staff Writer I have a female friend who played Chief Keef’s ‘Faneto“ song for me last year. I didn’t pay it any attention until I noticed she was playing it all day;
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Article Submission The Institute for College Access & Success has released its ninth annual report, Student Debt and the Class of 2013. The study found that student debt levels continue to rise with about 7 of
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BTN STAFF After being rejected to give the graduation speech at a New Jersey university; Common will still be scheduled to speak at a ceremony for the Chicago City of Colleges in May. A police
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By Dr. Jawanzaa Kunjufu Article Submission The media and the academic community provide a wealth of information on why boys need their fathers. The most obvious being you can’t be someone you have not seen.
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