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According to new data from the Department of Education, graduation rates for Black and Hispanic students increased by nearly four percentage points from 2011 to 2013, outpacing…

Here’s some good news you probably won’t read a lot about: Black and Latino students have cut their dropout rates by more than half over…

According to the Associated Press, there are more African Americans with the last name of Washington than any other ethnicity in the country.  The 2000 U.S. Census counted ninety percent of people with the surname Washington were in fact African American–a total of 163,036.  That number is far higher than any other ethnicity for any other […]

Nichols had been an up-and-coming stage performer when she was offered the iconic role, and she insisted, “I still think 'Star Trek' interrupted my career and I got stuck there.”

Studies now are revealing that a higher percentage of blacks use are on Twitter more than whites.