AS A MASSIVE HUMAN TRAGEDY UNFOLDS IN HAITI, RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS ARE SOLICITING CREDIT CARD DONATIONS THROUGH THEIR HOTLINES AND WEBSITES. ABOUT 97 PERCENT OF THESE DONATIONS WILL ACTUALLY MAKE IT TO THE DESIGNATED ORGANIZATIONS. BUT THE OTHER 3 P ...
Posted Thursday, January 14th 2010 at 3:12PM
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PHILLIS WHEATLEY (1753?-1784), AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN WHO WAS A SLAVE AND A POET, BECAME THE FIRST BLACK AMERICAN TO BE PUBLISHED. THE CITY OF BOSTON ERECTED A STATUE OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY, ENGRAVED WITH THE WORDS OF HER POEM “O ...
Posted Thursday, January 14th 2010 at 8:49AM
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“AT LAST, PHILLIS, WE UNDERSTAND. WE KNOW NOW THAT YOU WERE ONLY A SICKLY LITTLE BLACK GIRL, SNATCHED FROM YOUR HOME AND COUNTRY, WHO STILL STRUGGLED TO SING THE SONG THAT WAS YOUR GIFT. IT IS NOT SO MUCH WHAT YOU SANG, AS THAT YOU KEPT ALIVE THE N ...
Posted Thursday, January 14th 2010 at 8:45AM
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BEWARE OF BOGUS ONLINE “HELP” FOR HAITI. IF YOU WANT TO DONATE MONEY, CONSIDER KNOWN AND RELIABLE CHARITIES.
YOU CAN HELP RIGHT NOW. SEND TEXT MESSAGE OR DONATE ONLINE THROUGH ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS BELOW.
The American Red Cross will p ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 8:07PM
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THE 7.0 EARTHQUAKE THAT HIT HAITI’S CAPITAL, PORT-AU-PRINCE WAS A DEVASTATING DISASTER OF CATACLYSMIC PROPORTIONS. IT MAY TAKE WEEKS BEFORE THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE IS KNOWN. THESE PEOPLE NEED OUR HELP.
As of now, here are some responsible c ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 8:41AM
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IT’S REALLY INTERESTING HOW THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT HAS JUMPED ON HARRY REID’S RACIAL OBSERVATIONS REGARDING BARACK OBAMA’S CANDIDACY. THEY FEEL THAT REID MADE SOME TYPE OF FAUX PAS.
Senator Reid was making a candid observation about racial a ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2010 at 8:35AM
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“THEY FOUND HER IN A SITUATION OF EXTREME MISERY. TWO OF HER CHILDREN WERE DEAD AND THE THIRD WAS SICK UNTO DEATH…WE CANNOT BE SURPRISED THAT, UNDER THESE DISTRESSING CIRCUMSTANCES, HER HEALTH, WHICH HAD BEEN MUCH IMPROVED BY HER VOYGAGE TO ENGLAND, ...
Posted Friday, January 8th 2010 at 1:27PM
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I, YOUNG IN LIFE, BY SEEMING CRUEL FATE, WAS SNATCH’D FROM AFRIC’S FANCY’D HAPPY SEAT. WHAT PANGS EXCRUCIATING MUST MOLEST? WHAT SORROWS LABOUR IN MY PARENT’S BREAST?”
After her triumphant tour of London where she was toasted and celebrated fo ...
Posted Tuesday, January 5th 2010 at 10:20PM
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“I HAVE BEEN IN A VERY POOR STATE OF HEALTH ALL THE PAST WINTER AND SPRING AND NOW RESIDE THE COUNTRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS MORE WHOLESOME AIR. WHILE MY OUTWARD MAN LANGUISHES UNDER WEAKNESS AND PAIN, MAY THE INWARD BE REFRESHED AND STRENGTHENED MO ...
Posted Sunday, January 3rd 2010 at 12:34PM
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BY THE AGE OF TWENTY, WHEN HER BOOK OF POETRY WAS PUBLISHED, PHILLIS WHEATLEY WAS WELL KNOWN TO SOME OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THIS NEW AMERICAN NATION. SHE MET GEORGE WASHINGTON, BENJAMIN FRNAKLIN AND JOHN HANCOCK. NAVAL HERO JOHN PAUL JONES SENT ...
Posted Friday, January 1st 2010 at 6:57PM
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WASHINGTON: MICHAEL JACKSON’S “THRILLER” VIDEO WITH THAT UNFORGETTALBE GRAVEYARD DANCE, WILL REST AMONG THE NATION’S TREASURES IN THE WORLD’S LARGEST ARCHIVE OF FILM, TV AND SOUND RECORDINGS.
The 1983 music video directed by John Landis, was one ...
Posted Thursday, December 31st 2009 at 3:18PM
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EIGHT YEARS AGO, A TERRORIST BOMBER’S ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP A TRANSATLANTIC AIRLINER WAS THWARTED BY A GROUP OF PASSENGERS, AN INCIDENT THAT REVEALED GAPING HOLES IN AIRLINE SECURITY JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER THE ATTACKS OF SEPT. 11. BUT IT WAS SIX DAYS ...
Posted Wednesday, December 30th 2009 at 6:20PM
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“I, YOUNG IN LIFE, BY SEEMING CRUEL FATE, WAS SNATCH’D FROM AFRIC’S FANCY’D HAPPY SEAT. WHAT PANGS EXCRUCIATING MUST MOLEST? WHAT SORROWS LABOUR IN MY PARENT’S BREAST?”
Phillis Wheatley returned to America on September 13, 1773 and was free by O ...
Posted Monday, December 28th 2009 at 8:17PM
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“I HAVE BEEN IN A VERY POOR STATE OF HEALTH ALL THE PAST WINTER AND SPRING AND NOW RESIDE THE COUNTRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS MORE WHOLESOME AIR. WHILE MY OUTWARD MAN LANGUISHES UNDER WEAKNESS AND PAIN, MAY THE INWARD BE REFRESHED AND STRENGTHENED MO ...
Posted Sunday, December 27th 2009 at 10:31PM
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MICHAEL VICK’S ROAD TO REDEMPTION HAS BEEN SPRINKLED WITH INTRIGUING GUIDEPOSTS. IN MAY, VICK WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON WHERE HE SERVED 19 MONTHS FOR OPERATING A DOGFIGHTING RING. IN AUGUST, VICK SIGNED WITH THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES.
By WILLIAM ...
Posted Sunday, December 27th 2009 at 11:59AM
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MY MOTHER HAD MY SISTER AT 15 AND ME AT 17. SHE RAISED US BY HERSELF WHEN MY FATHER WENT TO JAIL. WE LIVED IN THE SOUTH BRONX. PEOPLE ASSUMED SHE’D NEVER BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE IN LIFE AND NEITHER WOULD WE. BUT MY MOTHER NEVER STOPPED GOING TO SCHOOL ...
Posted Sunday, December 27th 2009 at 11:56AM
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THE RECENT ELECTION IN NEW YORK CITY PRODUCED A SEISMIC POLITICAL SHIFT THAT SO FAR HAS GONE LARGELY UNNOTCED: BLACK, HISPANIC AND ASIAN RESIDENTS MADE UP A MAJORITY OF VOTERS IN A CITYWIDE RACE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
By SAM ROBERTS
Much of the f ...
Posted Saturday, December 26th 2009 at 4:34PM
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BY THE AGE OF TWENTY, WHEN HER BOOK OF POETRY WAS PUBLISHED, PHILLIS WHEATLEY WAS WELL KNOWN TO SOME OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THIS NEW AMERICAN NATION. SHE MET GEORGE WASHINGTON, BENJAMIN FRNAKLIN AND JOHN HANCOCK. NAVAL HERO JOHN PAUL JONES SENT ...
Posted Saturday, December 26th 2009 at 11:32AM
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TIERRA ROGERS, 18, WAS DEVASTATED WHEN SHE HAD TO QUIT BASKETBALL. “I THOUGHT, ‘HOW CAN GOD PUT ALL THIS ON ME?’ I JUST LOST MY DAD AND NOW YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY SOMETHING ELSE I LOVE?”
NY Times, Dec. 21, 2009
By KAREN CROUSE
BERKELEY, Cali ...
Posted Thursday, December 24th 2009 at 8:15AM
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SHE WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED CABARET SINGER AND THEATER PERFORMER WHEN SHE ARRIVED ON “SESAME STREET”, THE LONG-RUNNING CHILDREN’S PROGRAM IN 1976, PLAYING OLIVIA, A PHOTOGRAPHER.
Alaina Reed-Amini, an actress and singer whose best-known characters w ...
Posted Wednesday, December 23rd 2009 at 10:36AM
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“I THANK YOU MOST SINCERELY FOR YOUR POLITE NOTICE OF ME, IN THE ELEGANT LINES YOU ENCLOSED…IF YOU SHOULD EVER COME TO CAMBRIDGE, OR NEAR HEADQUARTERS, I SHALL BE HAPPY TO SEE A PERSON SO FAVORED BY THE MUSES.” GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON
Phillis ...
Posted Tuesday, December 22nd 2009 at 12:56PM
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“THE BOOK HERE PROPOSED FOR PUBLICATION,” WROTE PRINTER ARCHIBALD BELL ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1773, “DISPLAYS PERHAPS ONE OF THE GREATEST INSTANCES OF PURE, UNASSISTED GENIUS THAT THE WORLD EVER PRODUCED. THE AUTHOR IS A NATIVE OF AFRICA…”
“And so, a ...
Posted Monday, December 21st 2009 at 10:00AM
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“I WATCHED IT LAST NIGHT IN A ROOM FULL OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS AND GROWN PEOPLE WERE TALKING TO THE MOVIE,” SAYS ROSE. “I WAS LIKE, ‘OK, THIS WORKS. GROWN PEOPLE ARE TALKING TO A CARTOON. FANTASTIC!’”
By: Jozen Cummings. THE ROOT, December 11 ...
Posted Sunday, December 20th 2009 at 10:30AM
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SUDDENLY THE SCREEN TURNED BLUE—YALE BLUE—AND AN IMAGE OF A BULLDOG, THE UNIVERSITY MASCOT APPEARED, FOLLOWED BY “WELCOME TO THE CLASS OF 2014.” STANDING BEHIND HIM, HIS NIGERIAN BORN MOTHER SCREAMED.
BY JACQUES STEINBERG
DANBURY, Conn. — Ra ...
Posted Sunday, December 20th 2009 at 10:26AM
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ON MAY 7, 1772, A TEENAGE GIRL SAT DOWN BEFORE A PANEL OF EIGHTEEN MEN, BOSTON’S MOST CELEBRATED CITIZENS. PHILLIS WHEATLEY, AN AFRICAN SLAVE BARELY NINETEEN YEARS OLD, FACED A BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR A SERIOUS ROUND OF QUESTIONING.
By 1772, Phi ...
Posted Friday, December 18th 2009 at 3:41PM
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