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Shirley Turpin-Parham; teacher, black historian
... history. Shirley Turpin-Parham, a 30-year teacher in the Philadelphia School District, a teacher at the African-American History Museum and Cheyney University, died Wednesday of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She was 73 and lived in Mount ... Comment?
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Keep on Pushing" makes impact during Black History month
Venice Blvd. The cool ocean breeze blew into the community room of the Venice Library Saturday as local author Denise Sullivan set the stage to celebrate Black History month with her latest book " Keep on Pushing: Black Powered Music from Blues to Hip Hop. Comment?
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Mayor's parents featured in documentary
Toledo Mayor Mike Bell's parents, Norman and Ora Bell, are featured in a new audio documentary about the wisdom and experiences of older African-Americans in Ohio produced by AARP. Comment?
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Obama's budget demonstrates his strong commitment to end HIV
"The budget President Obama outlined today yet again demonstrates his strong commitment to ending HIV by increasing funding for prevention and lifesaving care and treatment for those who cannot afford it in Carl Schmid, Deputy Executive Director of The AIDS Institute. "President Obama recognizes the importance of the federal government's role ... (more) Comment?
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New Mexico's "moral wellness" is examined
This is part 1 of the first one that defines and addresses "moral wellness" directly. Comment?
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Initiative aims to find lost grave sites of slaves
... held no trace of the people buried underneath. No signs, markers or tombstones pointed to the more than 300 African-American former slaves buried in two cemeteries about 20 miles west of New Orleans. Only a handful of people knew they ever existed, ... Comment?
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... like myself," Malone said. "Here I am sitting as the mayor of the City of Portsmouth, Ohio - the first African-American to hold that as an elected position. I wasn't elected, but I hold an elected-mayor's position in Portsmouth, and that is a ... Comment?
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Al Sharpton And Toure Share Thoughts On Whitney Houston With Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence O'Donnell dedicated most of his program tonight to the death of Whitney Houston , with friends and critics coming on the program to discuss the tragedy of losing Houston and sharing their thoughts on her impact and why she died so young. Comment?
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Guns, Sex, And MSNBC: Daily Caller Publishes Media Matters Expose
On Sunday, conservative news and opinion site The Daily Caller published a lengthy report on Media Matters, the high-powered - and, the article reports, highly influential - liberal media watchdog group. Comment?
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Strange bedfellows: St. Paul suit has turned landlords, housing advocates into unlikely allies
... the landlords said. At the same time, many of the families on waiting lists for Section 8 housing were African-American. The landlords said those "disparate impacts" on low-income minorities violated important Civil Rights legislation - the federal ... Comment?
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Denzel Washington rarely likes scripts
... his career, and he admits it may have made those who vote at the Academy Awards more aware of what other African-American actors were doing in their careers, reports femalefirst.co.uk. "You have to have a part to play, first, that's the bottom ... Comment?
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Afro-American Historical Society files complaint with Attorney General
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... s to conduct a fundraising campaign to raise the remainder of the projected $3.5 million needed to open the African-American Heritage Center. 1 comment
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Opinion | Defining good hair: why is sleek straight hair preferred look?
One of my biggest fears is going to the hair salon. Ever since I was a little girl, I dreaded the tugging, brushing and tying of my hair. Comment?
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Black History Month at OSU: Fraternity focuses on service for community
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Alpha Phi Alpha is Oklahoma State University's first African-American based fraternity. Comment?
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Annual ethnic extravaganza draws 1,000-plu...
... instruments, illustrations, traditional games, antique serving pieces, photographs, books and more. At her African-American-themed jewelry booth, Jacqueline Lee-Martin carefully arranged her homemade pieces for sale: mainly wire-wrapped bracelets ... Comment?
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... and so on. I'm not going to address all that. I have my opinion, but my opinion can be biased since I am African-American. I've lived long enough to have seen and experienced inequality and injustice. I've live through the end of segregation and the ... Comment?
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Peter Beinart's email to J Street members [Full Text]
Peter Beinart announced the release of his upcoming book 'The Crisis of Zionism' in an email to J Street members: I've spent the last year writing a new book, The Crisis of Zionism. Comment?
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... all Maryland students taking AP tests. Of those students. 7.8 percent earned a 3 or higher. The number of African-American graduating students also more than doubled in that period, going from 2,567 in 2006 to 5,826 in 2011. Among those students, ... Comment?
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Floyd hitsA Lin with tweet about Asian hype
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... Asian. Black players do what he does every night and don't get the same praise. Mayweather, an outspoken African-American fighter, does not have a bout scheduled until May 5 against Miguel Cotto , but he has used race-baiting as a way to draw ... Comment?
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Balloon Boy Politics: The Media's Embrace of Birth Contracalypse 2012
Did you hear the news? Apparently the 2012 election isn't going to be about the economy after all. Comment?
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