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We're celebrating ESSENCE Fashion House, strutting through Fashion Week, and reflecting on iconic Black style moments that made a statement.

Six years down with a lifetime to go.

The civil rights movement and the African independence Movements were influential in their respective struggles and there was communication at all levels.

McHenry claimed that there were many more worthwhile football players than Kaepernick who sparked a national protest when he began kneeling during the national anthem.

Find out why TIME chose Angela Davis as one of the 100 women who defined the last century