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Richard Roundtree attends the premiere of "Shaft" at AMC Lincoln Square on Monday, June 10, 2019, in New York. Roundtree died Oct. 24, 2023, at age 81. Photo credit: Charles Sykes, Invision/The Associated Press

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Richard Roundtree, ‘Shaft’ action hero and ‘Roots’ star, dies at 81, reports say

October 24, 2023
By Edward Segarra
USA Today

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On Oct. 13, 2023, Rapper Darryl McDaniels, the DMC in Run-DMC, and his Darryl Makes Comics company hosted a panel called “50 Years of Hip-Hop and Comics" at New York Comic Con 2023 at the Jacob J. Javitz Convention Center. Photo credit: Carla Hay, NABJ Black News & Views

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Hip-hop artists reveal their superhero skills at New York Comic Con

October 20, 2023
By Carla Hay
NABJ Black News & Views

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Dr. Harry Edwards is shown on the field before an NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Arizona Cardinals in Santa Clara, California, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. Photo credit: Josie Lepe, The Associated Press

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Legendary activist Harry Edwards, 80, still standing tall in face of death

October 19, 2023
By Michael Silver
The San Francisco Chronicle

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In this image released on Oct 10, 2023, (L-R) Left to right: Swizz Beatz, DJ Spinderella, Marley Marl, Fat Joe, DJ Drama, Timbaland, Kool DJ Red Alert and DJ Holiday onstage during the BET Hip-Hop Awards 2023 on Oct. 03, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo credit: Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for BET

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Fat Joe, Verzuz news, digital cypher all part of BET Hip Hop Awards

October 12, 2023
By Carla Hay
NABJ Black News & Views

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Runner-up contestant Dayanira, 4, waits to go on stage to display her hairdo during an Afro hair contest in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, June 13, 2015. Behind closed doors and even in public, white Cubans talk disparagingly about black Cubans in ways that have become socially unacceptable in many other countries, describing them as criminals and forbidding their children from dating Afro-Cuban schoolmates. Photo credit: Desmond Boylan, The Associated Press

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How the surveillance of Black hair can kill a child’s spirit

October 10, 2023
By Nia T. Evans & Ariana Coghill
Mother Jones

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Beyonce appears in the audience before accepting the award for best rap song for "Savage" at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday, March 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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If you missed Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour, there’s still a chance to see it on the big screen

October 4, 2023
By Carla Hay
NABJ Black News & Views

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