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Posted on April 15th, 2009

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Black History Museum, Washington DC

Architects Chosen for Black History Museum

A dream almost a century old moved another step closer to reality on Tuesday as the Smithsonian Institution chose a team led by David Adjaye, the celebrated Tanzanian-born architect, to design the National Museum of African American History and Culture, scheduled to open on the National Mall in Washington in 2015.
The winners of the design [...]
Business, Entertainment, Personal Finance

Posted on April 5th, 2009

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spike lee

Spike Lee reveals how he got ahead

Film director Spike Lee, one of the few African-American filmmakers to achieve widespread success, prescribed a formula recently to college students who want to follow his example: Find a trade they love, hone their skills and work hard even when they don’t feel like it.
“Do not believe this thing called overnight success — there is [...]
Business, Entertainment, Politics

Posted on April 5th, 2009

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cnn, Roland Martin

Roland Martin Fills In On ‘No Bias, No Bull’

Ten minutes before his debut as a CNN host last Monday, Roland Martin called his pastor back in Chicago. They proceeded to pray.
His divine hope, says Martin, who has repeated the ritual each evening, is “that God uses me as an instrument for his will to provide insight to those who are listening.”
As Martin speaks, [...]
Business

Posted on April 1st, 2009

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Private investors buy African-American hair-care products maker

Procter & Gamble Co. has sold Johnson Products Co., its African American hair-care products unit, to a local group of private investors including a husband-and-wife team.
Terms of the deal, announced Tuesday, weren’t disclosed.
Founded in 1954, Johnson Products has sales of more than $23 million a year. The company, whose brands include Gentle Treatment and Ultra [...]
Business, Politics

Posted on March 30th, 2009

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GM, Rick Wagoner

Obama kicks General Motors CEO to the curb

Rick Wagoner has agreed to step down as General Motors Corp.’s chairman and chief executive at the behest of the White House as part of a plan to provide more aid to U.S. automakers.
Wagoner, who has been the company’s top executive since 2000, has come under increasing fire over the last year as GM’s financial [...]
Business, Politics

Posted on March 17th, 2009

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obama, small business

Small-Business Lending Gets a Boost

The Obama administration yesterday unveiled a series of measures to help the nation’s small businesses, saying it would spend up to $15 billion to help them get the loans they need to weather the economic crisis.
“Small businesses are the heart of the American economy,” Obama said in announcing the measures. “They’re responsible for half of [...]
Business

Posted on March 12th, 2009

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AARP, Barry Rand

Meet Barry Rand, AARP’s first African-American CEO

Barry Rand has had a long, successful career as the man in the grey flannel suit. But when he looks in the mirror, he sees “a son of the ’60s.”
“My life has always been about service and social change,” Rand says.
That’s what AARP, the nation’s leading advocacy group for people age 50 and older, was [...]
Business, Personal Finance, Politics

Posted on March 2nd, 2009

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state of the black union, tavis smiley

State of the Black Union in L.A. addresses mixed emotions

With an African American president in the White House during a tough recession, the 10th annual State of the Black Union convention organized by talk show host Tavis Smiley in Los Angeles on Saturday offered forums for both enthusiasm and worry about the future.
About 6,000 people attended the meeting at the Los Angeles Convention Center [...]
Business, Personal Finance, Politics

Posted on February 15th, 2009

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obama, weekly address

Obama’s weekly address: 2/14

Without delay, here it is.
Business, Politics

Posted on February 12th, 2009

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100, naacp

NAACP turns 100

The nation’s oldest civil rights organization celebrates its 100th birthday today under the reins of a young new leader who wants to expand the group’s focus from civil rights for African Americans to human rights for everyone.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded on Feb. 12, 1909, by 60 people, both [...]
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