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MSNBC
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A man of contradictions, controversy
But King was not meek, nor were his words always soothing. He called for boycotting discriminatory businesses, sometimes demanding that they advertise in black newspapers and deposit some of their money in black sav..
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Reuters
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For Chris Gardner, who was played by Will Smith in the movie "The Pursuit of Happyness," fatherhood is the greatest job in the world.
"There's no pay. There are no benefits. You don't get time off. You don't get a break," he said. "But once in a while..
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Alter Net
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People say that Don Imus isn't funny, but let's face it, there is a joke in all of this -- a joke on the black community.
"Ultimately, the fact that rappers are now being held accountable for something Imus said shows the bias many people have against..
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MSNBC
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It's midmorning on a Friday at the TriNitely bowling league in Crofton, and the four members of Team 33 are in the later frames of their lives, pulling together as a team, trying not to let one another down...
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Washington Post
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When 19-year-old Donn? McDaniel became pregnant last year, Tim Wagoner didn't consider marrying her...
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Slate
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One effect of the witless racist tirade mounted by Michael Richards has been a call, made by Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rep. Maxine Waters and endorsed by black comedian Paul Mooney, for a moratorium on the use of the word nigger by those in the entertainment..
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MSNBC
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Several leading child welfare groups Tuesday urged an overhaul of federal laws dealing with transracial adoption, arguing that black children in foster care are ill-served by a "colorblind" approach meant to encourage their adoption by white families...
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MSNBC
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It is easy to imagine the devastation that is headed toward African-American women and their communities,” Harris writes.
An essay by Dr. Doris Browne, a public health expert, details the above-average rates of cancer, diabetes and heart disease amon..
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www.marieclaire.com
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Growing up in Jackson, MS, I gravitated toward white people. It felt natural, I suppose, because I looked like them. While my cousins got black baby dolls for Christmas, mine were always peaches and cream. Once, during playtime in elementary school, one o..
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Guardian Unlimited
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Every day, from 9am until 5pm, I sit 10 feet away from Conrad Black. Although we trade long stares and have been acquaintances since 1985, we haven't exchanged any greetings during the eight weeks of his fraud trial in Chicago. Our relations are unlikely..
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CBS News
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In an honor repeatedly called long overdue, the African Americans who defied prejudice and injustice to become America's first black airmen in the military were presented with the Congressional Gold Medal on Thursday.
President Bush saluted the Tuskege..
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BBC News
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As a member of the Jewish ultra-Orthodox community, David wore a long black coat and a black hat covering his Jewish skullcap.
He spent 10 hours a day studying the Torah, the Jewish holy book, and the Talmud, rabbinical discussions on Jewish law, ethic..
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ABC News
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In his debut thriller "Black Monday," R. Scott Reiss writes about a virus that is eating the world's oil supply. The book's main character Greg Gillette is an epidemiologist at the CDC must track the virus and try to stop. The following is an excerpt of t..
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New York Times
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SENATOR JOSEPH R. BIDEN’S characterization of his fellow Democratic presidential contender Senator Barack Obama as “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy” was so painfully clumsy that it..
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CNN
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Black leaders challenged the entertainment industry, including rap artists, actors and major studios, to stop the use of the racial slur that triggered the scandal involving "Seinfeld" comic actor Michael Richards...
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