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Trumpeter on a mission to soothe the chaos of city life
Here’s the bracket so far. I’m very fond of both of today’s contestants, so without further ado… Herman Cain was the GOP’s “it” guy, having taken the frontrunner mantle away from a fading Rick Perry.
As the first or only African American in any role, it helps to remember that you are standing on the shoulders of giants.
Ghana is the first country in Africa to protect children against two of the deadliest infant diseases with simultaneous vaccinations.
Clifford Owens: Anthology (score by Saya Woolfalk). Performance still, August 2011. While recently exploring the bold/often controversial/always original genre of performance art, we came across artist Clifford Owens, who has burst onto the contemporary art scene this year in a big way: The 40-year-old is enjoying his first New York museum exhibition at MoMA PS1. …
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According to the National Education Department, African-American male teachers and administrators are becoming extinct.
Campaigners and human rights groups welcome a UN-backed special court’s guilty verdict against the former Liberian leader Charles Taylor.
Perhaps the most innocent of all the innocent victims of the 1992 Los Angeles riots was Elvira Evers and the baby inside her womb. Elvira was seven and a half months pregnant when her Compton neighborhood was taken over by rioters and looters, NBC reports. On April 30, 1992, she was on the street, …
Sean Hannity welcomed Tavis Smiley and Cornel West onto his program by thanking them for all the times they criticize President Obama. “Welcome back,” Hannity said to his guests. “I don’t think that we agree often but I do enjoy when both of you criticize Barack Obama. I want to thank you for that.” “We …
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Pictures show how the continent’s image is out of date
According to a news release from the NAACP chapter in Durham, the campaign will place ads in African-American newspapers, statewide radio spots, mailers, brochures, and robocalls to tens of thousands of North Carolina voters.
Until Thursday, the city had been reluctant to talk about a federal discrimination lawsuit against the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department since the U.S. Department of Justice’s findings were revealed a week ago.
CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux reports on the high divorce rate among those 50 and older.
Students from an Ohio high school are trying to save history and honor the memories of black war veterans buried in a local cemetery.
At least six people are killed in bomb attacks on newspaper offices in two Nigerian cities, witnesses say.