• Miscellaneous

    Posted on April 12th, 2009

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    Concert pays tribute to Marian Anderson

    Concert pays tribute to Marian Anderson

    More than 2,000 people gathered Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial for a concert honoring the 70th anniversary of Marian Anderson’s historic performance there in 1939.
    Because of the color of her skin, Anderson was denied the opportunity to perform at nearby Constitution Hall and local high school. So, instead, the opera singer sang on the steps [...]

  • Miscellaneous, Politics

    Posted on April 4th, 2009

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    Obama to lift travel ban to Cuba

    Obama to lift travel ban to Cuba

    President Barack Obama plans to lift longstanding U.S. restrictions on Cuba, a senior administration official said, allowing Cuban-Americans to visit families there as often as they like and to send them unlimited funds.
    The gesture, which could herald more openness with the Castro regime, will fulfill a campaign promise and follows more modest action in Congress [...]

  • Fashion, Miscellaneous, Politics

    Posted on April 2nd, 2009

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    Michelle Obama fever hits the UK

    Michelle Obama fever hits the UK

    In the US she is already a cover girl, gracing the front of glossy magazines like Vogue and Hello.
    In the UK on her first visit as First Lady, Michelle Obama seems to be making just as big an impact.
    She has attracted as much interest and column inches as her husband on this London trip; creating [...]

  • Miscellaneous

    Posted on March 30th, 2009

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    Woods Seals Another Comeback

    Woods Seals Another Comeback

    Like some inexorable force, Tiger Woods returned to his spot atop the golf world Sunday, erasing Sean O’Hair’s five-stroke lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational and securing the victory with yet another dramatic birdie putt at the final hole.
    Just as he did a year ago, and as he did in 2001 in the second of [...]

  • Miscellaneous

    Posted on March 26th, 2009

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    Historian John Hope Franklin Dies

    Historian John Hope Franklin Dies

    Duke University professor John Hope Franklin, 94, a revered historian of life in the South and the African-American experience, died Wednesday of congestive heart failure at Duke University’s hospital in Durham. Here’s the 29-inch AP version of his obit.
    Author of the seminal “From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans,” which has been republished [...]

  • Miscellaneous

    Posted on March 23rd, 2009

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    Candace Parker hits the cover of ESPN Magazine

    Candace Parker hits the cover of ESPN Magazine

    L.A. Sparks’ Candace Parker is not only a star on the basketball court, but she’s quickly becoming a star off the court as well. The 6′4″ WNBA was just married last November, is expecting her first child, and is now being recognized as a positive representation for young motherhood.
    Candace appearing on the cover of [...]

  • Miscellaneous

    Posted on March 22nd, 2009

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    3 Oakland officers killed, one critically hurt

    3 Oakland officers killed, one critically hurt

    Three Oakland police sergeants were shot and killed and a fourth officer was critically wounded Saturday in a pair of related incidents that together rank among the deadliest attacks on law enforcement in California history.
    A fifth officer, a member of the SWAT team that killed the suspect police held responsible for the shootings, was treated [...]

  • Entertainment, Miscellaneous

    Posted on March 19th, 2009

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    Video: Rappin’ Flight Attendant Gets Passengers’ Attention

    Video: Rappin’ Flight Attendant Gets Passengers’ Attention

    This is why I love Southwest Airlines. Their practical and fun approach to flying is a breath of fresh air to those of use who spend hours on a plane every week.
    This guy has become almost an overnight sensation – and he’s got skills!
    Check out the video:
    Embedded video from CNN Video

  • Miscellaneous

    Posted on March 16th, 2009

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    Philadelphia preparing teachers in African American History

    Philadelphia preparing teachers in African American History

    Good professional development for teachers is vital to the success of the School District’s new mandated high school course in African American history.
    “We have numerous teachers whose educational experience didn’t include African American history as preparation for teaching history and social studies,” stated Nancy Hopkins-Evans, the School District’s high school curriculum specialist, explaining the thinking [...]

  • Miscellaneous, Personal Finance

    Posted on March 16th, 2009

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    NAACP sues mortgage lenders, alleging racism

    NAACP sues mortgage lenders, alleging racism

    he NAACP filed lawsuits Friday against two of the nation’s largest mortgage lenders — HSBC and Wells Fargo — alleging “systematic, institutionalized racism” in their subprime lending.
    “We have targeted these banks because we have gone through what we can get our hands on, and it seems like there’s a real problem here,” NAACP CEO Benjamin [...]

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