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It's Not Your Grandmother's NAACP
The 104-year-old organization is working to dispel myths that it's black-only and mired in the past.
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Will There Ever Be Unity in Africa?
On the African Union's 50th anniversary, ethnic strife and economic competition remain barriers to peace.
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How Did Vikings End Up in My Family Tree?
Tracing Your Roots: A black reader wonders about a DNA test that turned up Orcadian roots.
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What Was the Double V Campaign?
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: A paper's call for blacks to support the WWII effort had a twist.
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White House: David, We're Gonna Need You to Fall Back
The White House appreciates his effort, but would prefer if David Paterson chose to never run for governor of New York ever again...
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Tavis, You Got Some 'Splainin' to Do...
Suit alleges trusted Blacks drew minorities to high-risk loans...
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Trafigura's Toxic Waste Won't Let Ivory Coast Be Great
So the oil company offers settlement package for Ivory Coast victims of toxic waste dump...
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Stepping Up: Vince Young Takes McNair Boys to School's Dads' Breakfast
Backing up Steve McNair in the best way, Young surprises young sons for a school event...
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UPDATE: Lab Tech in Arrested Annie Le Murder
Raymond Clark was arrested this morning for the murder of the Yale med student...
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Dozens Killed as Kenya Continues to Suffer from Drought
At least 24 people have been killed and dozens more wounded amid tribal clashes in drought-stricken northern Kenya...
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Caster Semenya Placed on Suicide Watch
Supporters feared for her mental health following the revelation that the track star is intersex...
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Trevor Rhone, Famed Jamaican Playwright, Dies at 69
Rhone is probably best known for him work on the 1973 classic "The Harder They Come"...
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Woman Beaten in Front of Daughter at Cracker Barrel
Army reservist Tasha Hill asked that Troy West apologize for nearly hitting his daughter on the way out of the restaurant. Hill responded with violence...
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The Woman Who Would Be King
Peggielene Bartels lives in Silver Spring and works as a secretary. When she steps off an airplane in Ghana on Thursday, arriving in the coastal town her family has controlled for half a century, she will be royalty...
