The White House names 21 Presidential Medal of Freedom honorees. President Obama said these individuals are an inspiration to everyone.

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During Thursday evening's NAACP Pre-Show Awards dinner in Pasadena, CA, Roland Martin, host of NewsOne Now, caught up with some of our best and brightest stars and asked for their reactions to the passing of Earth, Wind and Fire's founder, Maurice White.

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Do today’s black athletes fall short on being socially responsible and aware? Pro football Hall of Famer Jim Brown‘s recent remarks about basketball star Kobe Bryant…

NEW YORK — The NBA’s all-time scoring leader is now a global cultural ambassador. SEE ALSO: Man Married Dead Girlfriend In Joint Ceremony (VIDEO) The State Department announced Kareem Abdul-Jabbar‘s appointment Wednesday. Ann Stock, assistant secretary of state for education and cultural affairs, says Abdul-Jabbar will travel the world to engage a generation of young […]

It would be easy to say that a black man born in 1947, in the ghetto of uptown Manhattan, has the odds stacked against him. But Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stood tall—7 feet, 2 inches tall — in the midst of this troublesome time and place. In high school, he won three straight New York City Catholic […]