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The Daily DOSE News: Meet Atlanta’s First African American News Anchor

Jocelyn Dorsey endured many trials as the first African American news anchor in Atlanta, but she still continued to play a monumental role in journalism for Black people...

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Oprah Winfrey Delivering Commencement Speeches At Two Colleges

Regardless of how often or not we see her, the name Oprah Winfrey will always carry weight. As a result of this, she is scheduled to speak at two college...

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Girl Who Created Phrase ‘On Fleek’ Seeks Help

You may not have heard of Kayla Newman, aka Peaches Monroe, but you've more than likely heard her phrase 'on fleek.' After a video of her using the term went viral..

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Beyonce’ Comes Out In Support Of LGBT Students

Beyonce' has come out in support of LGBT students across America after Donald Trump recently reversed an Obama rule that allowed transgender students to use...

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African-American women who are at risk for heart disease are twice as likely to report that they are lonely when compared to their white counterparts, according to a new study. 

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Is it okay for your partner to have friends of the opposite sex ? Are there certain conditions? Does it make it okay if they were friends before ya'll started dating? Let us know your thoughts & be sure to click the link below to watch the full episode of #HESAIDSHESAID with Kevin Chestnut & Kourtney Richard.

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Native Son To Be Adapted As Film

Richard Wright's iconic novel, Native Son, is set to be adapted as a film. According to Shadow and Act, Bow and Arrow Entertainment has announced...

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Jay-Z Starting Venture Capital Firm

Jay-Z has become known for his smart business moves just as much as he is for his rapping skills. He's now adding to his empire with a venture capital firm...

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Rihanna Breaks Michael Jackson Record

Congratulations are in order, as Rihanna has now broken a record set by the legendary Michael Jackson. Her latest single from her album, Anti, has moved from...

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Libya's eastern authority banned women from travelling alone without a male partner due to accusations of women spying. This has caused protests and outrage amongst the Libyan people. #TheDailyDOSENews

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Kyrie Irving Thinks The Earth Is Flat

Basketball superstar Kyrie Irving revealed that he thinks the Earth is flat and not round. Over All Star Weekend, he was a guest on Road Tripping and...

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Netflix Allows ’13th’ To Be Shown Even Without Subscription

The Netflix documentary 13th was one of the most important films of 2016. The documentary by Ava DuVernay takes a deep-dive look at the historical and social...

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Over 1 Million People Have Visited African American Museum

The National Museum of African American History and Culture opened in September of 2016 and the Museum announced earlier this week that since the opening, they have had over a million visitors. “The opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture was a 13-year journey to foster a broader understanding of the black experience in a national and international context,” Lonnie Bunch, the museum’s founding director, said in the press release. “It has truly become a place of healing, reconciliation and celebration where people can embrace not only African-American history and culture, but how that layered history has shaped America’s identity.”

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#BlackInTheDay What moment defined your #Blackness? Corey Omar shares his feelings on how inspired he was when music mogul Diddy opened a Charter school in Harlem.

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Morehouse College Declares President’s Day Barack Obama Day

Today is President’s Day and for the first time in years, Barack Obama isn’t occupying the White House. It’s horrible but Morehouse College has found a way to celebrate it without acknowledging the person who currently lives there. “This year, we are seizing the traditional President’s Day holiday as an opportunity to take a nuanced look at the good, the bad and the complicated moments of the Obama presidency, and the future of his legacy,” reads a flyer for the event at the college. “Join us for a powerful day of dialogue, debate, and discourse.”

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Michelle Obama Will Be Back On TV Soon

The void that the Obama’s left when they left the White House won’t soon be filled. However, we can look forward to seeing her on our screen soon enough. The Los Angeles Times reports that Mrs. Obama will appear as a guest judge on the fifth season of MasterChef Junior in late February. Mrs. Obama will join Chefs Gordon Ramsay and Christina Tosi to judge children between the ages of 8-13 who are competing for a $100,000 prize. Michelle was very known for spearheading her ‘Lets Move’ campaign which saw he trying to get kids to be more active and eat healthier.

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Ellen Helps Pay Off Muslim Refugee’s Student Debt

Ekhlas Ahmed, a refugee from Darfur, Sudan, didn’t speak any English when she first arrived in the United States. Because of this, she got off at the wrong bus stop on her first day of school and spent eight dreadful hours lost and wondering around. She studied hard in school and also tuned in to The Ellen Show carefully jotting down and memorizing some of the words Ellen used on the program .About 10 years later, Ahmed is a grad-school student, an activist, and a high school English teacher in Maine who spends extra time helping multilingual students prepare for college, and thanks to Ellen, all of her student debt has been taken care of !

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