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How Far Have We Come: Listen To Malcolm X’s Prophetic 1962 Speech About Racism And Police Brutality

Malcolm X’s Prophetic Speech About Racism And Police Brutality In 1962 Watch Malcolm X ‘s interview about racist attitudes of the Harlem police and how these brutal acts builds resentment in the black community. Another speech from 1964 shows how prophetic Malcolm X really was: How far have we really come? YT

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How Far Have We Come: Listen To Malcolm X’s Prophetic 1962 Speech About Racism And Police Brutality

How Far Have We Come: Listen To Malcolm X’s Prophetic 1962 Speech About Racism And Police Brutality

Malcolm X’s Prophetic Speech About Racism And Police Brutality In 1962 Watch Malcolm X ‘s interview about racist attitudes of the Harlem police and how these brutal acts builds resentment in the black community. Another speech from 1964 shows how prophetic Malcolm X really was: How far have we really come? YT

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How Far Have We Come: Listen To Malcolm X’s Prophetic 1962 Speech About Racism And Police Brutality

A Lil Positivity: 40 Homeless Chicago Students Thrown Their First-Ever ‘Dream’ Prom

A lil positivity… Homeless Chicago Students Given A Prom Two Illinois non-profits are making national headlines for a recent selfless act. Teen Living Programs Chicago and Sisterhood of the Traveling Heart recently held a “dream prom” for 40 homeless Chicago students that included donated dresses and tuxedos. ABC News reports: About 40 homeless students in Chicago got something Saturday many of them thought would never come — a chance to attend prom. Jalisa Thurston was one of those students. “This prom is amazing because I didn’t ever go to prom,” she told ABC News. Thurston, 23, who is set to return to school later this year, said she never attended her high school prom after being kicked out of school for “some bad choices” and a subsequent pregnancy. On Saturday, she got a chance to wear a donated off-white two-piece evening gown thanks to a prom, held by two local non-profits Teen Living Programs Chicago, which serves homeless youth ages 14-24, and Sisterhood of the Traveling Heart, which centers on girls and teens around the world. It was the first time the prom was held for the organizations. “I feel like I’m getting married,” Thurston said. “I’m glad I met [TLP Chicago] because they’re wonderful.” The room where the prom was held on the lower level of Life Center Church of God in Christ in Chicago was decorated in navy blue and white. Along with a candy table, there was also a cake and cupcake stand. A prom queen and king were crowned — after getting recommendations from the students’ social workers — and some students even performed. Several local and national organizations provided donations, allowing the men to be outfitted with tuxedos and the women received complimentary hair styling and make-up application. “They all looked so nice,” Kamelah Muhammad, one of the organizers who came up with the idea, told ABC News. Wow! What an awesome story! Kudos to these two organizations for giving back and making dreams come true!

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A Lil Positivity: 40 Homeless Chicago Students Thrown Their First-Ever ‘Dream’ Prom

A Lil Positivity: 40 Homeless Chicago Students Thrown Their First-Ever ‘Dream’ Prom

A lil positivity… Homeless Chicago Students Given A Prom Two Illinois non-profits are making national headlines for a recent selfless act. Teen Living Programs Chicago and Sisterhood of the Traveling Heart recently held a “dream prom” for 40 homeless Chicago students that included donated dresses and tuxedos. ABC News reports: About 40 homeless students in Chicago got something Saturday many of them thought would never come — a chance to attend prom. Jalisa Thurston was one of those students. “This prom is amazing because I didn’t ever go to prom,” she told ABC News. Thurston, 23, who is set to return to school later this year, said she never attended her high school prom after being kicked out of school for “some bad choices” and a subsequent pregnancy. On Saturday, she got a chance to wear a donated off-white two-piece evening gown thanks to a prom, held by two local non-profits Teen Living Programs Chicago, which serves homeless youth ages 14-24, and Sisterhood of the Traveling Heart, which centers on girls and teens around the world. It was the first time the prom was held for the organizations. “I feel like I’m getting married,” Thurston said. “I’m glad I met [TLP Chicago] because they’re wonderful.” The room where the prom was held on the lower level of Life Center Church of God in Christ in Chicago was decorated in navy blue and white. Along with a candy table, there was also a cake and cupcake stand. A prom queen and king were crowned — after getting recommendations from the students’ social workers — and some students even performed. Several local and national organizations provided donations, allowing the men to be outfitted with tuxedos and the women received complimentary hair styling and make-up application. “They all looked so nice,” Kamelah Muhammad, one of the organizers who came up with the idea, told ABC News. Wow! What an awesome story! Kudos to these two organizations for giving back and making dreams come true!

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A Lil Positivity: 40 Homeless Chicago Students Thrown Their First-Ever ‘Dream’ Prom

Trailblazing Hair Stylist Vidal Sassoon Passes Away at 84

Trailblazing hair and fashion icon Vidal Sassoon has died at the age of 84, according to the L.A. Times , following reports in recent years that he’d been battling leukemia. The hair styling legend had built an empire after making a name for himself with game-changing designs for women in the 1960s, including bold coifs for the likes of movie stars Nancy Kwan and Mia Farrow. Actress Nancy Kwan shot to fame with 1960s’s The World of Suzie Wong , which is often incorrectly credited as the film for which Vidal Sassoon gave her this iconic slanted bob. Rather, the Sassoon cut was done for Kwan’s 1963 comedy The Wild Affair . (Kwan’s famous photo, below, was shot for Vogue.) Years later, he remembered the design in a chat with NPR : “I looked at her bone structure, and I thought we could do almost anything with Nancy. And I started to cut at the very back of her head and I said, ‘Great neckline; I’ll go shorter.’ And I went short in the back and graduated into more length at the sides, and I suddenly realized we had a bob that could be international.” In 1967, Sassoon and his scissors were tapped to transform another ingenue for the screen with Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby , for which he gave Mia Farrow the close-cropped pixie cut that would become her trademark. Sassoon, a London native who was a member of the anti-fascist 43 Group following World War II, was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2009. His life and legacy was the subject of the documentary Vidal Sassoon: The Movie , which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival and opened in limited release in 2011. [via LA Times ]

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Trailblazing Hair Stylist Vidal Sassoon Passes Away at 84