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"I think he's very impacting, especially for us black people because we don't get a lot of recognition," the 19-year-old from Leeds told BBC Newsbeat.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The photos published by TMZ also show Thornton, who is wearing a black jacket embroidered with the “Wheel of Fortune” logo on his sleeve, appearing to type into the chat room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Celebrate Labor Day with a new tradition: Sorry to Bother You, Boots Riley’s 2018 film starring LaKeith Stanfield, is a rollicking sci-fi black comedy about a dystopian workplace.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

If the phrase “all men are created equal” was meant to include black people, Taney reasoned, why had so many Founders owned slaves?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

She brought it into the dining room where we had covered the windows with heavy black paper and set out the best cups.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

So after he does his performance, he puts back on his blacks and he does his job, and I love that for him, to have that sense of responsibility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

What 250 years means: To me, it means that we’re still here, we’re living, we’re breathing… The blacks and browns, you know, us sticking together, I feel like we accomplished a lot in 250 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

After yesterday's first session, O'Sullivan led 7-2, and stretched that advantage with a break of 62 before potting nine reds and eight blacks at the start of the 10th frame.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

Polling has long shown that large majorities of blacks support vouchers and other school-choice policies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

One study indicates that as late as 1970, more than 70 percent of all blacks working in metropolitan areas held blue-collar jobs.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

“Liberation Day” is different only in that the humor is a little blacker, the fears of our exploitation more intense.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2022

At the same time, Mira’s suit is noticeably sleeker and blacker, less rubbery and reflective than Cheung’s, which feels like a nod to an increasingly digital, effects-reliant medium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2022

“It’s big, and it’s blacker than coal,” Jewitt said.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 14, 2022

The press corps that landed in Ferguson after a black 18-year-old, Michael Brown Jr., was fatally shot by a white police officer, was blacker than most big American newsrooms.

From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2020

Outside, Fred saw treetops swaying and clouds blacker than any he’d ever seen in any sky—even when Dog Squad did their tornado-chaser episode.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

Comparisons with other major tropical rivers show that the Ruki may even be the blackest large blackwater river on Earth -- it's certainly a lot darker than the famous Rio Negro in the Amazon.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2023

When winds were bearable, we sought bliss, sat, admired the aurora australis as an escape from our blackest abyss.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 19, 2023

California settlers’ relations with Native American tribes constitute one of the blackest marks on the state’s history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2022

That omission was described by Dr. Lemkin as “the blackest day” of his life.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022

It’s as if I’ve been dropped into the darkest, blackest cave in the Empire.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

The details were blacked out as the district attorney continues an investigation into the devastating fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

In another video, the same woman debriefs the experience: “I just blacked out and spent nearly 600 euros at the French pharmacies. So, let’s go through everything I got.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Ahmadzai was driven to court in a grey Hyundai i30 with blacked out windows for the hearing.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Standing on third base with the Birmingham crowd roaring, Ruiz said, “Honestly, I didn’t know what was going on. I blacked out.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

The apartment windows are uniformly dark; whether unlit or blacked out, he cannot tell.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Over the weekend she said she continued bleeding and suffering a lot of pain, even blacking out on her way to the bathroom at night.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

The Acton Town Council told the utilities commission in January that Edison was blacking out residents when dangerous conditions “do not exist.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

Mr Rogers, 20, passed away after blacking out during a swim training session at Armagh's Orchard Leisure Centre in April 2017.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025

In a twist on condo conversions, some people even remodeled the upper floors of their homes — blacking out windows and drilling ventilation holes — to make them habitable for swiftlets.

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024

And then his right hand begins to burn, the pain sharp and searing, beginning at the scar around his finger and racing up his arm, blacking out every thought in his mind.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern