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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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Check It Out: Spike Jonze and Kanye West's 'We Were Once A Fairy Tale'
Short film begins with a nightclub setting, but then gets "really weird."
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Listen Up! Is Harry Reid Tough Enough?
Because right now, the Nevada senator is the key to health care reform...
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UCONN Football Player Fatally Stabbed
Cornerback Jasper Howard was killed outside a school dance after a fight broke out between two groups...
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Rap Responds to Derrion Albert's Murder
David Banner, 9th Wonder, others group in Chicago for MTV special/"Something's Wrong" video shoot.
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Breaking the Last Racial Taboo?
White candidate for NYC Public Advocate Places black wife and kids front and center.
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Obama Too Cautious, Slow on Judicial Posts?
Delays having a ripple effect in fed courts; caseloads are backed up.
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Obama, Bush 41 Team Up in Service Initiative
The presidents have joined forces to urge citizens to volunteer...
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Four Troops Killed in Afghanistan
The troops were killed in a roadside bombing attack...
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Judge Crawls Out of Medieval Times, Denies Marriage License to Mixed-Race Couple
Louisiana Judge Keith Bardwell has denied a marriage license to a young couple, one partner white, and the other black.
