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June 18, 2013
Ernest Owens

Kanye West, Lil Wayne and the Misappropriation of Black History

Communication & Public Service scholar, University of Pennsylvania

Black history deserves to be regarded highly as well as we would anything else sacred in our society... let's please start treating it as such.

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Rand Paul: Democracy 'Gave Us Jim Crow'

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The Untold Stories Of Extraordinary Black Fathers

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