DENVER--A pregnant woman in Colorado who was mistakenly given an abortion pill by a drugstore pharmacist now must suffer an agonizing wait before finding out if her unborn child will survive.
Mareena Silva, who is six weeks pregnant with her first ...
Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 3:23PM
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TUSCALOOSA, AL (WBRC) - Today the University of Alabama released a statement about racist writings in chalk turning up on campus Tuesday evening. The release is from Vice Provost and President of Student Affairs Mark D. Nelson.
In it, he says, "La ...
Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 3:19PM
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A week into Black History Month, American writer James Baldwin and his contributions to civil rights were celebrated Tuesday evening at The University of Texas-Pan American's Student Union Theatre. As part of the library's monthlong series, Videos of ...
Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 3:12PM
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All six candidates for Chicago mayor claim they support reparations for descendants of United State slaves, but they have different definitions of what that means.
The topic came up at a debate Wednesday evening sponsored by the Chicago Defend ...
Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 3:08PM
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Despite the advancement we’ve endured over the last 50 years, generational poverty and financial illiteracy continue to run rampant in the Black community. We’ve been able to earn substantially more over time and yet fiscally we remain disproportiona ...
Posted Wednesday, February 9th 2011 at 7:20PM
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10 fun (and little known) facts, according to Black History Biography.
* Rapper Jay-Z allegedly developed his stage name as a reference to New York's J/Z subway lines that have a stop in his Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, neighborhood.
* Martin Luther Kin ...
Posted Wednesday, February 9th 2011 at 3:39PM
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A proclamation by the President of the United States:
The great abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass once told us, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Progress in America has not come easily, but has resulted from the collective ...
Posted Wednesday, February 9th 2011 at 1:33PM
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CNN — Television cameras will be allowed to broadcast the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor on charges of involuntary manslaughter starting next month, a judge has ruled.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor also brought forward the ...
Posted Tuesday, February 8th 2011 at 3:32PM
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In honor of Black History Month, I spent some time thinking about some of the lesser-known black athletes and coaches of the past who've served as pioneers for their sports.
After a bit of research, I came up with a list of ten that stood out. I' ...
Posted Tuesday, February 8th 2011 at 2:18PM
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At least 297 people have been killed since Egypt's anti-government uprising began two weeks ago, U.S.-based Human Rights Watch said Monday.
The count is based on visits to seven hospitals in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez that included interviews with ...
Posted Tuesday, February 8th 2011 at 2:01PM
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday called on Congress to back a six-year, 53-billion-dollar investment in high-speed, intercity rail, saying it was "dreaming big" on reinventing US infrastructure.
Vice President Joe Biden, an enthusi ...
Posted Tuesday, February 8th 2011 at 1:54PM
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The following text is taken from an article by Minister Louis Farrakhan that originally appeared in the Final Call newspaper on April 20, 1992.
THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN:
There never was a time that so many of us have killed and a ...
Posted Monday, February 7th 2011 at 5:04PM
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Ruby Bridges Hall (born Ruby Nell Bridges September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi) moved with her parents to New Orleans, Louisiana at the age of 4. In 1960, when she was 6 years old, her parents responded to a call from the National Association ...
Posted Monday, February 7th 2011 at 4:40PM
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Live action bumpers featuring Bill Cosby were set around animated episodes of Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids, a series about a group of urban adolescents growing up in a Philadelphia neighborhood. The show was based on Cosby's '60s stand up comedy ...
Posted Sunday, February 6th 2011 at 5:51PM
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MARCHING BANDS
The earliest marching bands in America were most likely the fifers, drummers, trumpeters, and pipers of Colonial-era militias. Like their European predecessors, these bands functioned to regul ...
Posted Sunday, February 6th 2011 at 5:44PM
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We all know Mike Tyson can sing a mean cover of Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight," but did you know that he also writes poetry? No kidding.
Some of Tyson's poetry will appear in the April issue of Oprah Winfrey's O Magazine, and he is apparently ...
Posted Sunday, February 6th 2011 at 3:57PM
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Anderson Cooper has decided to leave Egypt. NBC and CBS anchors Brian Williams and Katie Couric left the country on Thursday, and it appears as if Saturday Cooper had opted to follow suit.
According to a report from Popeater, Cooper issued the fol ...
Posted Sunday, February 6th 2011 at 3:36PM
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New York, February 4, 2011--Journalists in Cairo faced assaults, detentions, and threats again today as supporters of President Hosni Mubarak continued their efforts to obstruct news coverage of protests demanding the Egyptian leader's ouster. While ...
Posted Saturday, February 5th 2011 at 2:53PM
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Newsweek.com--Police in the US now rival criminals, and exceed terrorists, as the greatest threat to the American public. Rogelio Serrato is the latest case to be in the news of an innocent person murdered by the police. Serrato was the wrong man, ...
Posted Saturday, February 5th 2011 at 2:40PM
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BALTIMORE--A Laurel minister whose two young daughters were placed on the wrong bus Thursday and left unaccompanied at a stop says their elementary school called the police on him after he went to the school and became agitated.
C.J. Blair, 38, sa ...
Posted Saturday, February 5th 2011 at 2:19PM
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