The LOLs Of Parenthood

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Dave Stopera: What Happens If You Text Your Parents Pretending To Be A Drug Dealer?

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Happy Birthday To The Phenomenal Maya Angelou

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Evelyn Diaz: Remembering Dr. Maya Angelou On Her Birthday

Maya Angelou would have been 87 years old day, and to commemorate her birthday we celebrate everything the author, activist and creative force accomplished in her nearly one century on earth. Though best known for her 1969 memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which became the first non-fiction bestseller by a Black woman, Angelou’s talents and achievements run deep. She is a Grammy winner (for Best Spoken Word Album in 1994), a filmmaker (Down in the Delta, her directorial debut at the age of 70), was appointed an American Ambassador by the NAACP and President Barack Obama presented her with the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Today we also remember Maya Angelou. She would have been 87 years young today. 😖 may she Rest in peace. ❤ http://t.co/ZoVIKh0yAR

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Black Girls (@BlackGirlsWinni) April 04, 2015

Today, we remember Maya Angelou on her birthday. Her legacy, works and mission live on in the hearts of millions. http://t.co/NyF0pDLZsz

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USA TODAY (@USATODAY) April 04, 2015

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Happy birthday, Maya Angelou! This phenomenal woman recites her iconic "Phenomenal Woman" buff.ly/1BYWjtO http://t.co/MV4miiCAsL

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Maria Popova (@brainpicker) April 04, 2015

For Maya Angelou's birthday, her wonderful children's book, illustrated by Basquiat buff.ly/1NIg13u http://t.co/mgTtKZU8zp

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Maria Popova (@brainpicker) April 04, 2015

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Martin Luther King Jr: Always In Our Hearts

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Jacqueline Oboomer

Dr. King, always in our hearts

We celebrate his singular life each time we
think of his good works
and the hope and change he brought.
We commemorate his birth in January.
We visit his memorial on the mall
Year-round.
We tell his remarkable story
to the little children of today.
We’d rather leave the marking of the date
he was assassinated in Memphis
to the history books.
But all of it is what we were given
and what he was given.
And, this year, as we recall it was
forty-seven years ago on April 4
that his “four little children”
lost him …
Let us not forget about them
as we rejoice that he belonged to the world
for as long as he did
as we examine the “content of his character”
around the globe, as long as we all still do.
In our minds, we will remember him
and that our voices must keep
challenging the injustices
as we keep yearning for equality for all.
That night,
Robert Kennedy suggested
we dedicate ourselves
to what the Greeks had written
many years before:
“To tame the savageness of man and
make gentle the life of this world.”
A man named Barack Obama,
also in our hearts,
who later
became our President,
surely has dedicated himself to
“taming the savageness of man”
throughout the world
and to a “more perfect union”
here at home.
This year, no matter our religious beliefs
or non-beliefs,
it seems quite fitting somehow,
if only for the history books,
that the date we recall sits between
Good Friday and Passover and Easter
while prayers from other faiths are also
being said,
around the clock,
all over the globe,
in the interests of the human race.
Dr. King, always in our hearts.
Hope and change, always on the horizon,
to “make gentle the life of this world.”

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King was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Today marks the 47th anniversary of his death. http://t.co/LZmQMF6ydw

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deray mckesson (@deray) April 04, 2015

Today marks the 47th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. May he rest in peace 👑 http://t.co/zOsKGtyR2p

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Black Girls (@BlackGirlsWinni) April 04, 2015

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Part of Dr Martin Luther King Jr's last speech, night before 4-4-68: "I've Been To The Mountaintop": youtu.be/Oehry1JC9Rk via @YouTube

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  (@JOBoomr) April 04, 2015

Today, we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His example pushes us to keep fighting for justice. http://t.co/fo7XnyvJtX

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The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) April 04, 2015

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Early Bird Rise and Shine

On This Day: President Obama walks with Lincoln Rose Pierce Smith, the daughter of former Deputy Press Secretary Jamie Smith, in the Oval Office, April 4, 2014 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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Rest in Peace, Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) http://t.co/w0l8foWSRE

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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) April 04, 2015

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On This Day

President Obama lifts up a baby April 4, 2009, during the U.S. Embassy greeting at a Prague hotel (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama’s personal aide Reggie Love, left, and White House physician Dr. Jeffrey Kuhlman check their notes as they travel in the Presidential motorcade April 4, 2009 in Strasbourg, France (Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Obama gestures during a fiscal policy meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, April 4, 2011 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama addresses United States Secret Service Uniformed Division officers before a group photo at the South Portico of the White House, April 4, 2011 (Photo by Pete Souza)

First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden joke together while taping a Joining Forces public service announcement in the East Room of the White House, April 4, 2011 (Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

President Obama sits alone on the patio outside the Oval Office, following a meeting with his senior advisors, April 4, 2011 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Obama jokes with Vice President Biden backstage before the STOCK Act signing event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building South Court Auditorium, April 4, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama greets the Zion Baptist Church Children’s Choir before the Easter Prayer Breakfast, in the Blue Room of the White House, April 4, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)

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First Lady Michelle Obama and students from around the country participate in the White House Kitchen Garden spring planting on the South Lawn of the White House, April 4, 2013 (Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

President Obama smiles before boarding Marine One helicopter from a field overlooking the iconic golden gate bridge in San Francisco, California, on April 4, 2013

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President Obama holds the hand of Lincoln Rose Pierce Smith, the daughter of former Deputy Press Secretary Jamie Smith, in the Oval Office, April 4, 2014. Watching from the other side of the Resolute Desk are Elsa Smith, age 5, and Sage Smith, age 6, Lincoln’s cousins (Photo by Pete Souza)

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MoooOOOooorning!