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04/17/12 03:21 PM ET WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama says her “heart goes out to the parents” of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teenager who was fatally shot …
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Husband and wife thrive amid Ivory Coast’s conflicts
From scavenging for food through garbage and sleeping in the streets, to becoming an international fashion model and a Hollywood A-lister, Djimon Hounsou’s journey to stardom has been an astonishing …
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Romare Bearden was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. His family moved to Harlem, New York when he was very young. Bearden graduated from New York University in 1935 with a …
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Born on September 2, 1911 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Romare Bearden was a multi-talented artist and one of America’s foremost collagists. Bearden’s family moved to New York City in 1914 …
Romare Bearden was born in 1911 in Charlotte, N.C. Romare Bearden lived at various times in Saskatchewan and Pittsburgh. Bearden attended Boston University and New York University. Later, he studied …
Romare Howard Bearden was born on September 2, 1911, to (Richard) Howard and Bessye Bearden in Charlotte, North Carolina, and died in New York City on March 12, 1988, at …
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Romare Bearden’s life was full of movement. Born in 1912 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Bearden’s family moved shortly thereafter to Harlem where their apartment was a popular meeting place for …
Why is West Africa such fertile ground for coups?
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is one of Cali’s premier music events. Every year, Coachella finds a way to impress fans and  this year the show stopper was …
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Pictures of the lucrative fuel smuggling trade in West Africa
It’s been 40 years since “Deliverance” gave us lasting images of a backwards South, but the stereotypes didn’t start or end there. They predate the American Revolution and reared up …