2016 Memphis Black Expo#BEINSPIRED

 MBX serves to highlight, celebrate and support the stability and growth of entrepreneurs by providing business owners an opportunity to sell and market their goods and services while networking and building relationships that empower them to greater success. This community event educates attendees and celebrates black culture. MBX also recognizes excellence in arts and entertainment, provides opportunities to learn more about health and wellness, finance, technology and business development through workshops and interactive displays.

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Dreams and reality are opposites. Action synthesizes them.

Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography

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Keep it classy this Halloween! Have you found your costume yet?

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The battle that started months ago ended Thursday night, Wharton conceded to former City Councilman Jim Strickland.

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For more than 17 years, the publication has brimmed with articles researched and written by students across the county on topics ranging from school news to sports to fashion to entertainment.

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Shaft (2014)   //  Dynamite Comics

“…If they knew me – really knew me – they’d know better”

Story: David Walker, art: Bilquis Evely

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Multiple Firings After Racially Charged Facebook Remarks Mocking a Black Child Go Viral - Atlanta Blackstar

A viral Facebook post made by a man named Gerod Roth and its accompanying racists comments, has resulted in multiple firings. Gerod Roth, who went as Geris Hilton on Facebook, worked for Polaris Marketing Group before being terminated after the company was notified of racially charged comments posted publicly on his Facebook profile. The initial post was …

A viral Facebook post made by a man named Gerod Roth and its accompanying racists comments, has resulted in multiple firings.

Gerod Roth, who went as Geris Hilton on Facebook,worked for Polaris Marketing Group before being terminated after the company was notified of raciallycharged comments posted publicly on his Facebookprofile.

The initial post was made on September 16, and contained a picture of himself with the Black child of a coworker.

Soon after, his Facebook friends began to comment on the post, captioning the pic with bigoted and racists comments.

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12 Year Old Black Boy Suspended for Staring at White Girl, Court Upholds Decision

An Ohio court has upheld a school system's decision to suspend a 12 year old black boy for staring a...

School officials at the private Catholic school claim the boy “intimidated” his classmate. The girl said she “felt fearful” while the boy was staring at her.

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‘Workers’ or slaves? Textbook maker backtracks after mother’s online complaint.

Black lives matter in textbooks, too, say a mother and son who accused the publishing giant of revisionism.

“This is erasure,” Dean-Burren said in an interview with The Washington Post. “This is revisionist history — retelling the story however the winners would like it told.”

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Obama Condemns ‘Routine’ of Mass Shootings, Says U.S. Has Become Numb

During a televised statement from the White House, the president lashed out at those who oppose gun limits by saying that their answer to such tragedies is more guns, not fewer.

“It's fair to say that anybody who does this has a sickness in their minds."

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Black Men: America's Great, Underappreciated Assets

What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think about black males in the United States?That's the question social entrepreneur Trabian Shorters would like more Americans to ask themselves.

What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think about black males in the United States?

"I'd follow that question with another: Is it good? - Because too often, the first thing people conjure up in their minds is an outdated, negative stereotype," says Shorters, founder and CEO of BMe Community, a network of all races and genders committed to building better communities across the U.S. inspired by black men.”

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A Man Lost It When His Wife Told Him She Was Pregnant After Four Miscarriages And A Stillbirth

Dana Griffin-Graves told BuzzFeed News that she and her husband, Arkell Graves, started trying to have a child soon after their wedding 17 years ago.

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Valerie June: Memphis' Messenger of Love-Born Blues

"Memphis gives you a soul that you can take anywhere and people are going to get it," says the Dan Auerbach-produced, eclectic singer

"Memphis gives you a soul that you can take anywhere and people are going to get it," says the Dan Auerbach-produced, eclectic singer Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/valerie-june-memphis-messenger-of-love-born-blues-20151001#ixzz3nQaNqUCY Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook

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15 Reasons Going To An HBCU Is An Experience Like No Other

The roads of HBCUs are paved in black magic. The more than 100 Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the nation act as a safe space for black students to grow, learn and express themselves. Some

How many people went to one? Raise your hand! 

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For The Record, Here's Why A White Person Shouldn't Call A Black Person 'Mammy'

A helpful explainer for any would-be Miley Cyruses out there.

And because you know...common sense. 

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Harlem Non-Profit Provides Women with Job Skills, Education, and Income

New York City’s Hot Bread Kitchen is striving to change the lives of immigrant women looking to make a living in the United States, according to CNN Money. The non-profit offers women, in low income situations, the craft and commerce of baking bread so they may earn a living for their ...