Maya Angelou lashed out at 14-year-old girl for calling her by her first name.

“First I’m Ms. Angelou, I’m not Maya, I’m 62 years old. I have lived so long and tried so hard that a young woman like you or any other has no…you have no license to come up to me and call me by my first name.”

First Ever Black Woman Judge to Be Appointed in the State of Alaska.

In 2010, Pamela Scott Washington made history as the first Black woman to be appointed as a judge in Alaska.

I Find It Abusive When People Refer To My Son As “Black.”

Taye Diggs, a 44-year-old black American actor who has a 7-year-old son named Walker Nathaniel Diggs, with ex-wife, actress and singer Idina Mendez (of Frozen) wrote a piece about race where he said he finds it offensive when people refer to his son as “black.”

Males Inside Of His Ears Taken Out In New Body Modification Trend (DO NOT TRY)!

Body modification isn't exactly a new phenomenon. We saw this guy last year who started identifying as a 'transhumanist', with more than 100 modifications including silicone horns.

Heartbreaking photos of Ethiopian mourners as they ‘bury’ crash victims.

Though it’s going to take a considerable amount of time for the remains of the victims of the fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash to be returned to their families, a mass funeral was held in Addis Ababa on Sunday with 17 empty caskets in what was a very heartbreaking and emotional ceremony.