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• Allen Iverson’s hugs are a ritual black men should embrace

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• Tattoo artists are receiving an influx of requests for Kobe-inspired ink

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• ‘The Photograph’ and ‘Premature’ come from two different traditions of black love in the movies

  By Soraya Nadia McDonald

• How the NBA has mourned Kobe Bryant through sneakers

  By Aaron Dodson

• Today in black history: Malcolm X assassinated, John Lewis, Barbara Jordan and Nina Simone are born

  By Maya A. Jones