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4 Questions With Marc Morial
The National Portrait Gallery recently premiered AT&T Celebrates “The Black List,” an exhibition featuring 50 large-sized portraits of accomplished African Americans that will remain on display until April 22, 2012. “The Black List” was conceived, photographed and filmed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders in his East Village apartment in New York City after a nudge from his…
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A Black Poet Selects the Best American Poetry
Penguin has updated its essential reference on modern American poetry, and for the first time, it is edited by a black poet: Rita Dove. The volume went on sale Oct. 25. Here are some of the African Americans she selected. “And God stepped out on space,/And he looked around and said:/I’m lonely—/I’ll make me a…
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Why Black People Are Learning Chinese
When Zuri Patterson, a second-grader, entered her new classroom the first day of school, butterflies traveled the length of her stomach right before she made formal introductions to her new classmates. “We say Ni Hao [pronounced “nee-how”], which means “hello” in Chinese,” said the 7-year-old attending the Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School, a Mandarin-immersion…
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Check, Please: Black Folks and Tipping
The summer before I started college, almost 10 years ago in Baltimore County, I became a waiter. It was a rite of passage into the workforce, albeit an unglamorous one. Working in a restaurant gave me my first real experience interacting with all sorts of people in an intimate way. At the end of the…
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Millennial Fathers: Will the Reality Be Televised?
For those of us in our 20s and early 30s — Millennials — our ideas about fatherhood were shaped by the cultural vertigo that was the 1990s. Back then we had to settle for a default black president, not a real one. Black fathers on television like The Cosby Show’s Heathcliff Huxtable and The Fresh…
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Taking Fashion Week to the Street
Fashion Week doesn’t have to be all about famous models sashaying down a runway. The editors of Uptown magazine have assembled a photo gallery of fashionable men and women who stopped traffic and created a runway of their own — on the streets of New York City — during Fashion Week. Our favorites include the…
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Comedy Group Spoofs 'Real Housewives' With Civil Rights Icons
The all-black female comedy ensemble Elite Delta Force 3 recently released a comedy sketch on YouTube called “The Real Housewives of Civil Rights.” The bit presents wives of civil rights leaders, including Coretta Scott King, Betty Shabazz and Winnie Mandela, as cast members on a Bravo-esque reality show. Marilyn Monroe is a curious addition to…
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White House Press Secretary Will Step Down
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs — who sometimes unintentionally generated as much press for himself as he did for the president — has confirmed that he will step down from his two-year tenure. Gibbs is considered one of President Obama’s staunchest supporters. A colleague of his commented that “Gibbs could be counted on to…
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Obama's Approval Rating on the Rise
A new Gallup Poll indicates that President Obama’s approval rating has increased to 50 percent — up from the mid-40s for the latter part of the year. According to the poll, Obama’s approval rating is 80 percent among Democrats, 47 percent among independents and only 16 percent among Republicans. The overall increase might have something…
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The Jobs Are Here (Sort of)
The New Year is ostensibly off to a strong start as the job market shows signs of growth. Data collected by the Wall Street Journal and the website indeed.com indicate a demand in jobs in retail, accounting, health care, telecommunications and defense-related industries. Job postings have risen to 4.7 million since Dec. 1. For professionals…
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