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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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Ethiopian Troops Enter Somalia to Help Out
Ethiopian troops entered the town of Beledweyne to help subdue Islamist forces...
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Chris Brown Claims He Doesn't Remember Mollywhopping Rihanna
Mother claims her son has never in his life been a violent person...
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Obama Supporters Trying to Get Tough on Health Care
Between bus tours and campaign style events, supporters of health care reform are doing a little shouting of their own...
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Whitney Houston's "I Look to You" Celebrates Singer's Arc
The road to this album has been rocky and the time has come to see if it was worth the wait...
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Semenya's Testosterone Test Results
Although the levels proved to be higher than usual, Caster Semenya's test results from three years ago are within range for a woman. Can the debate end now?
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Was MJ Bleaching His Skin?
Investigators found marijuana, skin-bleaching and hair-growing ointments in Michael Jackson's home. Still no new insight into his death.
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How Kennedy Helped Ron Brown and Roger Wilkins
Michael Brown, son of the late Commerce secretary Ron Brown, remembers Ted Kennedy as a longtime friend of the family.
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AUDIO: Michael Steele Wants to Reform Medicare, Hates Government-Run Health Care
Michael Steele is being clear: We should preserve Medicare and still reject health care reform...
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Judge OKs Vick's Bankruptcy Plan
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank Santoro approved the plan on the condition that Vick retain a personal financial planner to manage his future earnings with the Eagles...
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Oui, Son! French Rap and the Politics of Free Speech
As France grapples with modernity and becoming a multiracial nation, the country's rappers and politicians are trying to find a way to co-exist...
