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"Moonlight" is returning to theaters Oct. 2 for its 10th anniversary in a newly remastered 4K version. Barry Jenkins' acclaimed film won Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali and Best Adapted Screenplay, along with four NAACP Image Awards.

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Dorothy Dandridge made history as the first Black woman nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and became one of Hollywood's most important trailblazers. More than six decades after her death, her influence continues to shape Black representation in film and American culture.

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The NAACP has unveiled a national roadmap focused on helping Black families build and preserve generational wealth through areas including credit, savings, investing, homeownership, career advancement and estate planning. The effort comes as a wide racial wealth gap persists between Black and white families.

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This Labor Day, the Black unemployment rate stands at 6%, well above the rate for white workers. From A. Philip Randolph to today's union workforce, Black workers have helped shape the labor movement and continue to see measurable benefits from union representation.

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The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously blocked the state's new Republican-drawn congressional map, ruling that voters must get a say before the new boundaries can take effect. The state will use its 2022 map in November while Missouri's attorney general prepares an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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On Sept. 4, 1981, Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter was born in Houston, Texas. Now 45, the global superstar has built a groundbreaking career spanning music, fashion, film, business and philanthropy while becoming the most-awarded artist in Grammy history.

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The Trump administration is proposing an IRS rule that could affect race-based scholarships, financial aid, admissions and other programs at private schools and colleges. Private HBCUs would not lose tax-exempt status simply for serving predominantly Black students, but race-based eligibility programs could face scrutiny.

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The Trump administration is proposing to eliminate a federal requirement that gives communities notice and a chance to comment before some pollution permits are issued. Activists warn the change could leave Black, low-income and overburdened neighborhoods with fewer opportunities to challenge new pollution.

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A federal court battle in Boston could affect how states send mail-in ballots for the November midterms. Voting rights groups are challenging a new Postal Service system ordered by President Donald Trump, while the administration says the requirements are legal and would strengthen election security.

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Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson has died at 70. The Jackson, Mississippi, native was celebrated for a career spanning jazz, blues, gospel and folk, and Jackson Mayor John Horhn praised her as "an extraordinary native daughter."

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