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Eight Structural Shifts Under Obama That Reshaped Black America
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Meet the Black Presidents of Institutions That Actually Changed America
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10 Morehouse Men Who Changed the Game
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Meet Surya Bonaly, the Figure Skater Who Did the Backflip First
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Dreamgirls Is Coming Back to Broadway, and Jennifer Hudson Is Producing
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