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This Day in Black History: June 11, 1963

First Black students register at the University of Alabama.
06/11/2014

Movie Exclusive: Scandal 's Nazanin Boniadi in Romantic Comedy

George Wallace, Maz Jobrani co-star in Shirin in Love.
03/04/2014
Paula Deen

Commentary: Paula Deen Longs for Days of Old and She’s Not Alone

The celebrity chef is being sued for racial harassment.
06/20/2013
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) - The court ruled that "separate schools are inherently unequal" and banned segregation in public schools.  The decision overturned Plessy v. Ferguson.In this image, a Black student recites his lesson surrounded by white fellows and others Black students on May 21, 1954, at Washington's Saint-Dominique school, where for the first time the Brown v. Board of Education decision was applied. (Photo: STAFF/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary: A Supreme Court Decision that Remains a Benchmark

The 1954 decision called for the end of segregation.
05/17/2013
Commemorating the 1963 Birmingham Bombing

Commentary: Congress Honors Four Little Black Girls and American Resolve

The girls were killed in a 1963 church bombing in Alabama.
04/25/2013
University of Alabama Win Right to Reject Black Applicants

This Day in Black History: April 20, 2002

University of Alabama apologized for its history of slavery.
04/20/2013
At the Frontlines

Heroines of the Civil Rights Movement

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James Hood, Student Who Desegregated University of Alabama, Is Dead

Hood made history as one of its first two Black students.
01/22/2013
Soul Train Awards 2012

Centric Comedy All-Stars Highlights

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Cedric The Entertainer

Soul Train Awards 2012: Show Highlights

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Commentary: Good Riddance Artur Davis

Davis put his naked ambition ahead of his constituents.
06/01/2012