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Oldest living vet in U.S. still smokes cigars, drives, drinks whiskey. At 108.

MSN News – Richard Overton, 108, is thought to be the oldest living veteran in the...

Richmond Times-Dispatch – “Twelve Years a Slave” actress Lupita Nyong’o is lending her star power to...

Al Jazeera America – California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on Thursday prohibiting state agencies from...

The Guardian – A Pennsylvania newspaper on Friday apologised for publishing an editorial cartoon that compared...

NPR – The relics and heirlooms of African-American families, the Smithsonian says, can help tell the...

NY Daily News – The sprawling mansion, which served as a gathering place for notable leaders...

Flavor Wire – Thomas Allen Harris’ documentary Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence...

Times Dispatch – The free event at Abner Clay Park in Historic Jackson Ward attracted thousands...

Chicago Tribune – D.W. Hunter, the great grandson of Anna Short Harrington, the woman who became...

Atlanta Black Star – With the film boasting actors such as Christian Bale and Sigourney Weaver,...

Chicago Tribune – Richard T. Greener was the first African-American to graduate from Harvard in 1870....

ABC News – A historic African-American church in Georgetown that has welcomed worshippers for more than...