There are many reasons why African Americans do not have the legacy of success enjoyed by other racial groups and emigrants to America. In celebration of Black History Month here are some financial American History facts from our Did You Know sectio ...
Posted Wednesday, April 13th 2011 at 4:57PM
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pecial to the NNPA from the AFRO-American newspapers –
Morgan State University will receive a landmark $28.5 million portion of a massive $95.8-million, five-year grant from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The grant, which allows the East Baltim ...
Posted Wednesday, April 13th 2011 at 4:01PM
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NNPA) When the now infamous allegations against Bishop Eddie Long first surfaced, the world – and specifically the African American community – paused for a seemingly endless moment. Attempting to cope with the complexity of the situation, we began q ...
Posted Wednesday, April 13th 2011 at 3:52PM
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The mother of Miami Heat superstar LeBron James was released from police custody, and faces charges of battery and disorderly intoxication after an incident at the Fontainebleau Hotel early Thursday morning. ...
Posted Friday, April 8th 2011 at 1:51AM
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In case you missed it the first time, BET decided to re-run the episode featuring HBCU Connect founder Will Moss and business mogul Dante Lee from Lee Moss Media.
This episode also features Antoine Dodson who was a YouTube internet sensation. ...
Posted Monday, March 14th 2011 at 1:40AM
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On Wednesday, March 9th, the national NAMI released a new report, "State Mental Health Cuts: A National Crisis." The report reviews state mental health budgets over the last few years. Maryland is highlighted in the report. The intent of this r ...
Posted Saturday, March 12th 2011 at 4:30PM
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Muhammad Ali always said he was the prettiest thing that ever lived. He has a point. It does take a certain beauty to make 1,300 punching bags, five miles of stainless steel and two miles of aluminum tubing look like a work of art. Of course, it does ...
Posted Saturday, March 5th 2011 at 2:04AM
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Three boy experience the ways of bullying and learn the importance of caring and helping others. ...
Posted Friday, February 25th 2011 at 4:45AM
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Just Terrible: 17-Year-Old Takes His High School Sweetheart To The Woods & Stabs Her 12 Times In The Head When She Told Him She Was Pregnant!
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Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 1:34AM
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Omar Waraich / Islamabad – 32 mins ago
The scene could have been scripted in a Hollywood action thriller: For two hours at the end of last month in Lahore, U.S. diplomat Raymond Davis was closely pursued by two visibly armed men on a motorbike. ...
Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 12:51AM
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama's approval ratings inched up again this month as Americans grew slightly more optimistic about the economy and the future, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.
Obama's job approval ...
Posted Thursday, February 10th 2011 at 12:42AM
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Mr. "Take Dat" himself, Sean "Diddy" Combs, is upset with President Barack Obama, and he took his beef where most hip-hop artists do... straight to the Source.
In the January issue of "the hip-hop Bible," the entrepreneur extraordinaire claims tha ...
Posted Sunday, February 6th 2011 at 2:42PM
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Black Folks We'd Like To Remove From Black History
As happy as we are for the nation to get its yearly reminder that black people do exist in the context of American history, there’s a growing list of characters that has us harking back to Zora Neal ...
Posted Sunday, February 6th 2011 at 1:39PM
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(The Root) — CNN announced today that Mark Whitaker will hold the newly created role of executive vice president and managing editor. What does it mean that a black man will be leading the direction of the network’s reporting? Unclear. When Whita ...
Posted Sunday, February 6th 2011 at 1:21PM
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The father of a white girl in rural Alabama is blamed for stirring up racial tensions in the town of Millry for threatening to kill the black players on the local basketball team if they continued to contact his daughter.
Latisha Mitchell, the ste ...
Posted Sunday, February 6th 2011 at 12:58PM
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Join us for the 2011 Harlem Fine Arts Show at the Riverside Church of New York City on February 25-27, 2011, a continuation of the tradition of the National Black Fine Arts Show, which art aficionados have enjoyed at New York's Puck Building for 14 years.
HFAS 2011, sponsored by Amtrak, is one of ...
Posted Saturday, February 5th 2011 at 4:56PM
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Added by August Wilson Center
Hip Hop History: Highlights from the Paradise Collection
Through March 5, 2011
Closing Reception - March 3, 2011, 5:30 to 7 pm
This will be a special offCenter program with local hip hop musicians selected by Paradise and The Center.
Paradise Gray was an act ...
Posted Saturday, February 5th 2011 at 4:49PM
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Bridging the Blood: Your Blood Line is Mine
Through June 2011
This mixed media exhibition features works from Pittsburgh's native son and accomplished visual artist Anire Mosley. This former August Wilson Fellow was commissioned by the Central Blood Band and the Institute for Transfusion Medicin ...
Posted Saturday, February 5th 2011 at 4:01PM
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Controversial artwork was removed from college's faculty show last week
By Tricia L. Nadolny
tnadolny@gainesvilletimes.com
With black tape stretched over their mouths, several members of the Gainesville State College community stood in silent protest Friday afternoon of what they say ...
Posted Saturday, February 5th 2011 at 3:39PM
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