Victoria Arter was outraged when she heard the announcement over the Wal-Mart loudspeaker. "Attention, Wal-Mart shoppers," she said a male voice announced. "All blacks need to leave the store." Read More
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Victoria Arter was outraged when she heard the announcement over the Wal-Mart loudspeaker. "Attention, Wal-Mart shoppers," she said a male voice announced. "All blacks need to leave the store." Read More
Victoria Arter was outraged when she heard the announcement over the Wal-Mart loudspeaker. "Attention, Wal-Mart shoppers," she said a male voice announced. "All blacks need to leave the store." Read More
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A Walmart store announcement ordering black people to leave brought chagrin and apologies Wednesday from leaders of the company, which has built a fragile trust among minority communities. Read More
A Walmart store announcement ordering black people to leave brought chagrin and apologies Wednesday from leaders of the company, which has built a fragile trust among minority communities. Read More
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Tavis Smiley will moderate a conversation on Saturday, March 20, at Chicago State University on the issue of a black agenda. The conference, We Count! The Black Agenda is the American Agenda, will be nationally televised live on C-SPAN beginning at 8:00 a.m. Read More
Tavis Smiley will moderate a conversation on Saturday, March 20, at Chicago State University on the issue of a black agenda. The conference, We Count! The Black Agenda is the American Agenda, will be nationally televised live on C-SPAN beginning at 8:00 a.m. Read More
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Alveda King is the niece of the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and
has experienced numerous family tragedies throughout her life. Read More
Alveda King is the niece of the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and
has experienced numerous family tragedies throughout her life. Read More
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A new version of the Good Book may help African-American teens gain a better understanding of religion.
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African-American
Ever since Barack Obama lifted his right hand and took his oath of
office, pledging to serve the United States as its forty-fourth
president, ordinary people and their leaders around the globe have been
celebrating our nation's "triumph over race." Read More
Ever since Barack Obama lifted his right hand and took his oath of
office, pledging to serve the United States as its forty-fourth
president, ordinary people and their leaders around the globe have been
celebrating our nation's "triumph over race." Read More
National
The disparity in graduation rates for white and black players on NCAA
tournament-bound men's basketball teams grew this year, according to a
study released Monday.
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The disparity in graduation rates for white and black players on NCAA
tournament-bound men's basketball teams grew this year, according to a
study released Monday.
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Christian
Three of America's oldest black church denominations recently announced details of their nationwide scheme to save black men, called Male Investment Plan (MIP). It aims to halt the flow of black men into prison and instead get them turned onto education and Christian spirituality.
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African-American
"We didn't like the images portrayed of us, so we decided to make our ow,n" says the trailer for a film called "Happily Ever After," which screens free at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Tivoli. From the makers of the website Black and Married With Kids, it examines the state of African-American matrimony from a positive perspective, interviewing couples who are making it work by doing the work. Read More
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The senior pastor of historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta plans to take an HIV/AIDS test as part of the worship service at 11 a.m. Sunday.
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Young blacks -- people who never knew segregated schools and movie theaters and swimming pools -- call them the "old heads."
Embattled SCLC Dayton chapter chairman Rev. Raliegh Trammell declined comment on mutliple investigations now under way. The SCLC executive board met Thursday, Feb. 25, at 11 Woodward Ave.
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Bonnie McDaniel refused to let her now 24-year-old daughter watch Black Entertainment Television growing up. She hated the oversexed, booty-shaking music videos. She thought the
programming objectified black women. She would bad-mouth the network
with her girlfriends.
(Pictured: From left, Ebony's Harriette Cole, BET's Loretha Jones and Essence's Mikki Taylor spoke about strong black women.) Read More
Bonnie McDaniel refused to let her now 24-year-old daughter watch Black Entertainment Television growing up. She hated the oversexed, booty-shaking music videos. She thought the
programming objectified black women. She would bad-mouth the network
with her girlfriends.(Pictured: From left, Ebony's Harriette Cole, BET's Loretha Jones and Essence's Mikki Taylor spoke about strong black women.) Read More
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Author and media personality Tavis Smiley found himself at odds with
several black leaders after he said there needs to be a more national
focus on a black agenda, even though the U.S. has its first black
president. Read More
Author and media personality Tavis Smiley found himself at odds with
several black leaders after he said there needs to be a more national
focus on a black agenda, even though the U.S. has its first black
president. Read More
Culture
The controversial Georgia ad implies that, like endangered species, black children should be protected up until they're born.
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African-American
The Rev. Calvin Fairbank spent 17 years in a Kentucky prison -- suffering beatings and brutal labor -- for committing the felony of helping slaves escape to freedom. Released in 1864, a broken man, he kissed the dirt of Ohio upon reaching that free state.
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Christian
President Obama's former pastor Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. on
Wednesday compared the president to a son who was being treated
unfairly and said it had been hard weathering the media storm after
Obama became a serious contender for the White House and controversy
erupted over Wright's fiery sermons. Read More
President Obama's former pastor Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. on
Wednesday compared the president to a son who was being treated
unfairly and said it had been hard weathering the media storm after
Obama became a serious contender for the White House and controversy
erupted over Wright's fiery sermons. Read More
African-American
When Juanita Goggins became the first black woman elected to the South Carolina Legislature in 1974, she was hailed as a trailblazer and twice visited the president at the White House.
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African-American
CNN's Steve Perry speaks with Kyle Anderson, who has committed his time to mentoring young African-American boys. Read More
CNN's Steve Perry speaks with Kyle Anderson, who has committed his time to mentoring young African-American boys. Read More
Other News of Interest
Tourists and history buffs will be able to see some rare, personal belongings of abolitionist Harriet Tubman when a museum of African-American history opens on the National Mall.
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African-American
Find out why the government thinks this group has been hit so hard by the disease.
The latest news out of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is very troubling, to say the least.
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African-American
The Rev. Floyd H. Flake, one of New York's most influential black pastors, announced on Tuesday that he had removed himself as an investor in the company that was chosen by Gov. David A. Paterson to build and operate a casino at the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens.
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Many people say the institution of marriage has taken a back seat to a lifestyle of "anything goes." Read More
Many people say the institution of marriage has taken a back seat to a lifestyle of "anything goes." Read More
African-American
Is online dating capable of doing great things for the Black community? Read More
African-American
Does PBS host Tavis Smiley have it right in stressing that President
Obama should launch a Black Agenda for America? Or is Rev. Al Sharpton,
a civil rights activist and one not known for backing away from
controversy, correct in proclaiming that Smiley has it all wrong? Read More
Does PBS host Tavis Smiley have it right in stressing that President
Obama should launch a Black Agenda for America? Or is Rev. Al Sharpton,
a civil rights activist and one not known for backing away from
controversy, correct in proclaiming that Smiley has it all wrong? Read More
African-American
African American voters want Congress to enact legislation to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions, even if it means higher energy bills, a just-released survey by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has found. Read More
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