His books on Rosa Parks and MLK were banned. Here’s what this South Florida author did. 8h 1441858737300406272Obamas set to oversee groundbreaking of presidential library next weekFormer President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama will oversee the groundbreaking of the Obama Presidential Center next week, accordi...www.cnn.com8h 1441852541252276227Walmart has hired more people of color, but not at the executive or boardroom level, new report showsPeople of color made up more than 55% of new hires at Walmart between February and July of this year, but none filled executive management roles or bo...www.cnn.com8h 1441851560468832274How The âFresh Prince‘ Is Passing The Lessons That Led To A $350M Empire To His Heirs - AfroTechWhen Will Smith first exploded onto the scene, he had the ”persona” of the ”Fresh Prince.” He was also $6 million in debt. In ...afrotech.com9h 1441842751583174659Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. 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