Redistricting and gerrymandering are once again the focus of high-stakes politics in Louisiana, and across the country. This is the once-a-decade process during which political incumbents selectively redraw the boundaries of their districts to inclu ...
Posted Saturday, February 12th 2011 at 3:52PM
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SANTA FE-- The surest way to eliminate racism is to raise expectations, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Friday.
"Don't let anybody tell you what you can and cannot be. To fit people into social boxes is not the way we made history," Sharpton said. "My s ...
Posted Saturday, February 12th 2011 at 3:39PM
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Jamie Foxx had a "full-on fight" with a former business associate during an Usher performance last night (10.02.11).
The 43-year-old singer-and-actor was reportedly involved in an altercation with Breyon Prescott at Belvedere Vodka's pre-Grammy pa ...
Posted Saturday, February 12th 2011 at 3:14PM
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It’s important during Black History Month to review the enduring civil rights work of Thomas and the eight other original members of the Little Rock Nine. They spoke at the Gem Theater five years ago.
The Brown Foundation reunited them to speak to ...
Posted Friday, February 11th 2011 at 12:56PM
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From Newsweek.com
February 10, 2011
If law school enrollment today is made up largely of the white and the wealthy, it is because the American Bar Association, the chief accreditor of the nation’s law schools, has designed the rules that produce ...
Posted Friday, February 11th 2011 at 12:47PM
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OAKLAND, CA--If it were up to the nine young African- American men on stage at Castlemont High School, teachers would be stricter, parents would be more involved in their children’s education and students would be more focused on their studies.
Th ...
Posted Friday, February 11th 2011 at 12:40PM
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African Americans first introduced Islam to the east coast city of Baltimore 65 years ago. Today, more than 60 percent of the city's 630,000 residents are black. About 5000 of them are African-American Muslims. Some Africa ...
Posted Friday, February 11th 2011 at 12:33PM
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DENVER--A pregnant woman in Colorado who was mistakenly given an abortion pill by a drugstore pharmacist now must suffer an agonizing wait before finding out if her unborn child will survive.
Mareena Silva, who is six weeks pregnant with her first ...
Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 3:23PM
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TUSCALOOSA, AL (WBRC) - Today the University of Alabama released a statement about racist writings in chalk turning up on campus Tuesday evening. The release is from Vice Provost and President of Student Affairs Mark D. Nelson.
In it, he says, "La ...
Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 3:19PM
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A week into Black History Month, American writer James Baldwin and his contributions to civil rights were celebrated Tuesday evening at The University of Texas-Pan American's Student Union Theatre. As part of the library's monthlong series, Videos of ...
Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 3:12PM
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All six candidates for Chicago mayor claim they support reparations for descendants of United State slaves, but they have different definitions of what that means.
The topic came up at a debate Wednesday evening sponsored by the Chicago Defend ...
Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 3:08PM
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Despite the advancement we’ve endured over the last 50 years, generational poverty and financial illiteracy continue to run rampant in the Black community. We’ve been able to earn substantially more over time and yet fiscally we remain disproportiona ...
Posted Wednesday, February 9th 2011 at 7:20PM
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10 fun (and little known) facts, according to Black History Biography.
* Rapper Jay-Z allegedly developed his stage name as a reference to New York's J/Z subway lines that have a stop in his Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, neighborhood.
* Martin Luther Kin ...
Posted Wednesday, February 9th 2011 at 3:39PM
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A proclamation by the President of the United States:
The great abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglass once told us, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress." Progress in America has not come easily, but has resulted from the collective ...
Posted Wednesday, February 9th 2011 at 1:33PM
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CNN — Television cameras will be allowed to broadcast the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor on charges of involuntary manslaughter starting next month, a judge has ruled.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor also brought forward the ...
Posted Tuesday, February 8th 2011 at 3:32PM
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In honor of Black History Month, I spent some time thinking about some of the lesser-known black athletes and coaches of the past who've served as pioneers for their sports.
After a bit of research, I came up with a list of ten that stood out. I' ...
Posted Tuesday, February 8th 2011 at 2:18PM
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At least 297 people have been killed since Egypt's anti-government uprising began two weeks ago, U.S.-based Human Rights Watch said Monday.
The count is based on visits to seven hospitals in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez that included interviews with ...
Posted Tuesday, February 8th 2011 at 2:01PM
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday called on Congress to back a six-year, 53-billion-dollar investment in high-speed, intercity rail, saying it was "dreaming big" on reinventing US infrastructure.
Vice President Joe Biden, an enthusi ...
Posted Tuesday, February 8th 2011 at 1:54PM
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What is the most functional word in the English language?
Well, it is shiznit...that's right, shiznit! Shiznit may just be the most functional word in the English language.
Consider:
You can get shiznit-faced, Be shiznit-out -of-luck, Or h ...
Posted Monday, February 7th 2011 at 8:07PM
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The following text is taken from an article by Minister Louis Farrakhan that originally appeared in the Final Call newspaper on April 20, 1992.
THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN:
There never was a time that so many of us have killed and a ...
Posted Monday, February 7th 2011 at 5:04PM
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