From Journal Sentinel
May 6, 2012
Raised in a sleepy Georgia town, an 18-year-old African-American named Frank Money enlists in the Army, commits atrocities in Korea, comes home with a broken mind, returns to Georgia to rescue his sister and even ...
Posted Sunday, May 6th 2012 at 4:27PM
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Newsweek.com
May 4, 2012
What a week. On Tuesday the DOW finished the day at 13,279, its highest close since December 2007. In terms of the stock market, we’ve crossed the great divide…December 2007, remember, was pre-financial crisis.
In fact ...
Posted Saturday, May 5th 2012 at 7:32PM
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NOTE: The following article contains edited excerpts of the message delivered by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan to the Little Rock Black Nurses Association in Little Rock, Arkansas on June 12, 1993.
THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN: ...
Posted Friday, May 4th 2012 at 12:55PM
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NEW ORLEANS--Gospel superstar Yolanda Adams ministered to a New Orleans Jazz Fest crowd Sunday afternoon, preaching the importance of faith, hope and dance through an energetic set that showcased her mighty vocals.
The Grammy Award-winning musici ...
Posted Tuesday, May 1st 2012 at 12:56PM
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Civil rights leaders and relatives of Trayvon Martin and a slain California teenager joined together at a Los Angeles rally Thursday, urging justice and tolerance and called for action to stop the violence.
A photo of Martin we ...
Posted Monday, April 30th 2012 at 12:59PM
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LOS ANGELES--The Rev. Jesse Jackson addressed hundreds of Pasadena High School students on Wednesday with a message of nonviolent civic activism, encouraging teens to study hard, vote and resolve their issues peacefully.
Jackson is in the area to ...
Posted Sunday, April 29th 2012 at 3:15PM
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RAPID CITY--A 68-year-old, blind South Dakota man says after a two week stay in a Rapid City hospital, he returned home with unusual wounds on his abdomen which his caretakers soon discovered appear to spell out the letters "KKK."
Vernon Traversi ...
Posted Sunday, April 29th 2012 at 2:55PM
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NEW YORK--Robert Galinsky is skeptical about claims by producers of ABC’s “The Bachelor” that they’ve had a hard time finding black singles willing to be on the show.
Back when he was an acting teacher, Galinsky’s students were predominantly white ...
Posted Saturday, April 28th 2012 at 4:29PM
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