WASHINGTON--The Great Recession carried special pain for black women like Jane Ladson.
She had always been the one her family turned to when they needed help, and she didn’t hesitate to give it. She helped pay for weddings and rent. She made room ...
Posted Monday, February 6th 2012 at 11:52AM
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By Charles Foerster
February 1, 2012
There is a great controversy raging between good and evil at the soda fountain or pop machine but the general public does not seem to be aware of it. The consequences of the dietary changes that have occurred ...
Posted Monday, February 6th 2012 at 11:46AM
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Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934) is widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. In 1999, editors at The Sporting News ranked Hank Aaron fifth on their list of "Greatest Baseball Players".
Hank Aaron was born ...
Posted Sunday, February 5th 2012 at 3:57PM
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Newsweek.com--Hundreds of anti-war activists are expected to attend the United National Antiwar Coalitions National Conference in Stamford, Conn., March 23-25.
UNAC established itself as a major anti-war coalition in the summer of 2010 when 800 p ...
Posted Sunday, February 5th 2012 at 3:42PM
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From The San Francisco Chronicle
February 4, 2012
The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name f ...
Posted Saturday, February 4th 2012 at 2:22PM
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SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates — A research body here is seeking global tie ups to produce drugs to treat deadly diseases including Aids from the unique antibodies found in camel's milk.
The Arab Science and Technology Foundation that is working on ...
Posted Friday, February 3rd 2012 at 10:53AM
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The following text is excerpted from “A Torchlight for America,” chapter 4, pages 47-53, written by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, 1993.
THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN:
Let’s deal with what education is supposed to be as oppose ...
Posted Friday, February 3rd 2012 at 10:40AM
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Arthur John (Jack) Johnson (1878 -1946) was the first black, and first Texan, to win the heavyweight boxing championship of the world.
Born in Galveston on March 31, 1878, he was the second of six children of Henry and Tiny Johnson. Henry was a fo ...
Posted Friday, February 3rd 2012 at 10:21AM
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Eric Himpton Holder, Jr. was born in the Bronx, New York, to parents with roots in Barbados. Holder grew up in East Elmhurst, Queens, and attended public school until the age of 10. When entering the 4th grade he was selected to participate in a prog ...
Posted Thursday, February 2nd 2012 at 12:15PM
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The Woolworth sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests which led to the Woolworth's department store chain reversing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States.
While not the first sit-ins of the African-American Civil Righ ...
Posted Wednesday, February 1st 2012 at 4:55PM
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