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The White House has one last request from you: they’re collecting everyone’s “Obama moment” when they felt inspired and invigorated by the President

The moving tribute doesn’t just feature celebrities, but also regular Americans talking about their favorite Obama moments from the eight years he was in office. As you already may have guessed, you’re going to need the tissues for this one.

Gifs: The White House

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TONIGHT - Sat. June 18th, 8PM Screening & Q+A | In the Game

A documentary about race, class and gender as seen through the lens of a Hispanic girls soccer team.

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Ppl who love the Melendez's/Tapias + nephew #babewhereuat @pierinaisgangsta (at ICP MFA Studios)

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#reunion #aquinas (at ICP MFA Studios)

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#demgenesdoe (at ICP MFA Studios)

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Rollin deep (at ICP MFA Studios)

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Reminding me of papi's band @orquideatapia @divadivina26 @luiscortorrealb (at ICP MFA Studios)

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Today, last chance to see El Nombre Mío, Ajeno. With extended hours, until 8pm. See you there ;). #icpbardmfa #groana (at ICP MFA Studios)

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Photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier Wins MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ of $625,000

By Rachel Lowry

LaToya Ruby Frazier is the only photographer among this year’s 24 winners of the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellows grant. She will receive $625,000 over the course of five years to support her documentary work.

“I’m overjoyed to receive this award because often, when you’re a young black woman talking about inequality, people don’t take you seriously,” she says. “It’s validation to my work being a testimony and a fight for social justice and cultural change.”  [Continue reading article at Time.com.]

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Tamir Rice

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Rescuing Discarded Images of Everyday Black Life

By David Gonzalez Oct. 20, 2015

NYT LensBlog

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Shweta Bhattad 

Performance Artist 

Nagpur 

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International Participating Artist: Emran Sohel  

Performance Artist 

Dhaka, Bangladesh  

emransohelart.com

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Historically black areas the average black family can no longer afford:

Central District, Seattle

Bayview-Hunter’s Point, San Francisco

Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

Central East Austin, Austin

Point Breeze, Philadelphia

Harlem, New York

Bywater, New Orleans

U Street Corridor, Washington, D.C.

Greater Third Ward, Houston

According a 2013 U.S. Census report, the average black family earned $34,958 versus the average for all races of $51,939. For the average black family living in cities, this distinction means rent prices are simply too high. Gentrification is a cycle.

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Francesca Lalanne 

U.S.A 

Painting, Sculpting, Drawing, Installation, Video 

www.francescalalanne.com 

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Kalief Browder, 1993-2015

Jennifer Gonnerman writes on the young man who spent three years on Rikers Island without being convicted of a crime. This weekend, he committed suicide.

“He wanted the public to know what he had gone through, so that nobody else would have to endure the same ordeals.”

Photograph by Zach Gross