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# Rachel Dolezal


## Rachel Dolezal


* ![Rachel Dolezal, president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP, poses for a photo in her Spokane, Wash. home on March 2, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01dcb5eb50e69e8a/6988703d0a4a225dd39c6f49/time-top-10-2015-rachel-dolezal.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 27, 2017  
## [Rachel Dolezal Is Flat Broke, But Unapologetic](https://time.com/4683633/rachel-dolezal-race-naacp-activism/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Zamira Rahim
* ![Rachel Dolezal, president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP, poses for a photo in her Spokane, Wash., home on March 2, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd828e06b1bb08b23/69885b860a4a22b2a19c533d/rachel-dolezal-identity.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 2, 2015  
## [Rachel Dolezal: I Was Born White](https://time.com/4096959/rachel-dolezal-white/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Sam Frizell
* ![Christian Dior : Front Row - Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2016](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7e6fe986e0a52e5/698867010b72e33b546e62ce/gettyimages-491002366_3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 6, 2015  
## [Rihanna Calls Rachel Dolezal a 'Hero'](https://time.com/4062556/rihanna-rachel-dolezal-hero/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Maya Rhodan
* ![Rachel Dolezal, president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP, poses for a photo in her Spokane, Wash., home on March 2, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd828e06b1bb08b23/69885b860a4a22b2a19c533d/rachel-dolezal-identity.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 20, 2015  
## [Rachel Dolezal Says Black Identity Is 'Not a Costume'](https://time.com/3963903/rachel-dolezal-black-white-spokane-naacp-interview/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Helen Regan
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jun 19, 2015  
## [Kelly Osbourne Spoofs Rachel Dolezal in Instagram Photo](https://time.com/3928044/rachel-dolezal-kelly-osbourne/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Sarah Begley  
* ![Rachel Dolezal in her home in Spokane, Wash. on March 2, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta28cb99f9fda6e5c/69885518cd684821250a0670/ap68218853066-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 18, 2015  
## [Why Rachel Dolezal’s Hair Is Actually a Big Deal](https://time.com/3925617/rachel-dolezal-hair/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by MIMI
* ![NBC handout shows Washington state civil rights advocate Rachel Dolezal on the NBC News "TODAY" show in New York](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fedc3e62b0585df/698854d58e0601671d461016/rachel-dolezal4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 17, 2015  
## [Rachel Dolezal Says Caitlyn Jenner 'Resonated' With Her](https://time.com/3924077/rachel-dolezal-caitlyn-jenner-interview/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Nolan Feeney
* ![Rachel Dolezal](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0219534d9d85ee63/698854b755a85921b0a8c853/rachel-dolezal3.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 16, 2015  
## [Rachel Dolezal Speaks Out: 'I Identify as Black'](https://time.com/3922477/rachel-dolezal-nbc-today-black-identify/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Maya Rhodan
* ![Women hold signs during a protest in front of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People \(NAACP\) headquarters in Spokane, Washington](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba9d0378580252ac/698854b18e060134d0460fca/rtx1gnkw.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 16, 2015  
## [Dolezal's Brother Calls Her Actions 'Blackface'](https://time.com/3922326/rachel-dolezal-ezra-brother-blackface-insulting/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![NAACP Leader Racial Questions Rachel Dolezal](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4a7379fbad1717c/698854718e060111eb460f57/rachel-dolezal.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 15, 2015  
## [Mother of Rachel Dolezal: 'She Is Very Good at Doing Her Makeup'](https://time.com/3922229/rachel-dolezal-makeup/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Sarah Begley  
* ![NAACP Leader Racial Questions Rachel Dolezal](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefd635789044784e/6988548b428a9e3dc6ccdb5f/rachel-dolezal1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 15, 2015  
## [Rachel Dolezal Will Break Her Silence on Tuesday](https://time.com/3921964/rachel-dolezal-howard-university/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Sarah Begley
* ![NAACP-Activist-Rachel-Dolezal](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82338c2eb94ee258/698854410b72e3f7886e4714/naacp-activist-rachel-dolezal.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 15, 2015  
## [Parents of NAACP Leader in Race Snafu Speak](https://time.com/3921096/rachel-dolezal-parents-today-show/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by People
* ![NAACP-Activist-Rachel-Dolezal](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82338c2eb94ee258/698854410b72e3f7886e4714/naacp-activist-rachel-dolezal.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 13, 2015  
## [Singer Keri Hilson Says We Should Thank Rachel Dolezal](https://time.com/3920435/keri-hilson-rachel-dolezal/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Nolan Feeney
* ![NAACP-Activist-Rachel-Dolezal](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82338c2eb94ee258/698854410b72e3f7886e4714/naacp-activist-rachel-dolezal.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 12, 2015  
## [The Thorny Question of Identifying as Another Race](https://time.com/3919220/rachel-dolezal-spokane-naacp-black/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Charlotte Alter
* ![NAACP PRESIDENT](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f9a7c2f3d9cd829/6988543555a8594b5aa8c791/naacp-president_fitz.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 12, 2015  
## [NAACP Activist Accused of Faking Black Ethnicity](https://time.com/3918660/rachel-dolezal-civil-rights-activist-spokane-naacp/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Helen Regan

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