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 Going back to school always comes with a mix of emotions, nerves, excitement, and curiosity about what the new year will bring. Will it be a good year? Will I make new friends, reconnect with old ones? But this year feels different, because I’m officially in 12th grade,  my senior year! So far, it’s been a fun and exciting experience, and I’m looking forward to everything this year has in store. Being a senior comes with a different kind of feeling.

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The U.S. Navy is considering changing the name of an aircraft carrier that was set to honor Black World War II hero Doris Miller. Internal discussions have reportedly included renaming the carrier after President Donald Trump.

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Entertainment

     According to Billboard Magazine, reps for WE tv announced that on August 12, the lifestyle/entertainment outlet will air a multi-part docuseries titled “The Mysterious Death of Eazy-E.” This television series will chronicle the life, legacy, and passing of legendary Ruthless Records co-founder Eric “Eazy-E” Wright (pictured). The famed rap performer, N.W.A. front man, and executive producer died after being diagnosed with full-blown AIDS on March 26, 1995.

On August 23, 1989, Yusuf Hawkins, a 16-year-old Brooklynite from East New York, traveled to the unfamiliar Brooklyn neighborhood of Bensonhurst with friends contemplating the purchase of used 1982 Pontiac. Unbeknownst to him, the largely Italian/American community was hostile to Blacks. Some male teenagers misidentified him as an interloper there to meet a White homegirl, Gina Feliciano, and attend her birthday party.

     Aside from his career as a writer, penning content for Sanford and Son, In Living Color and Chapelle’s Show, Mooney was a high-profile writer for Richard Pryor.  By several accounts, Pryor is considered the greatest Black comedian of all times.  Mooney would also collaborate with Redd Foxx and Eddie Murphy.

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