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Ali's Trainer Angelo Dundee Dies at 90
The Associated Press is reporting the death of Angelo Dundee, Muhammad Ali’s legendary trainer who also worked with Sugar Ray Leonard. He was 90. The once-inseparable pair last saw each other at Ali’s 70th-birthday party in Louisville, Ky., where the partnership began. The genial trainer got to see his old friend, and reminisce about good…
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Romney: I'm Not Concerned About the Very Poor
On the heels of his Florida win, Mitt Romney appeared on Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien to map out his plan to connect with average Americans. Mediaite highlights the exchange: At one point during the interview, O’Brien asked Romney about a recent poll that had him trailing President Barack Obama when it comes to “understanding…
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A Pioneering Black Marine Recalls Iwo Jima
Gene Doughty recalls seeing the American flag cut through the sky, bannerlike, as it was hoisted atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was about a mile and a half away, but he recalls the sound of cheers rolling across the island. “I was happy to see the flag go up,” the…
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15 Black Military Heroes Through the Years
Crispus Attucks: The former slave was the first casualty of the American Revolutionary War when he was killed during the Boston Massacre. In 1888 the Crispus Attucks monument was unveiled in the Boston Common. Lemuel Haynes: He served as a minuteman during the American Revolutionary War, fighting at the April 1775 Battle of Lexington. He…
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Body Identified as Missing Atlanta Woman
Stacey English is no longer among the countless number of African-American women who go missing each year without a trace. On Wednesday the police announced that they had identified the badly decomposed body of the bank employee, a month to the day since her family had last spoken with her. Her family stood in silence…
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Evicted Homeowner, 101, Receives Help
The Detroit News is reporting some good news about what could have been a sad story. It is the story of 101-year-old Texana Hollis, who was evicted in September from the house in Detroit where she’d spent a little over half her life. Her son apparently failed to pay property taxes to uphold a reverse…
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Black Leaders Blast NJ Governor's Slap at Civil Rights
Black New Jersey leaders hit back at GOP Gov. Chris Christie for saying that the civil rights movement could have been achieved by referendum, saying that it represents ahistorical nostalgia. “People would have been happy to have a referendum on civil rights rather than fighting and dying in the streets in the South,” Christie said…
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Indiana Deals Major Blow to Unions
Indiana is set to become the first right-to-work state in over a decade after Republicans legislators paved the way on Wednesday to prohibiting unions from collecting mandatory fees from workers, according to the Associated Press. The House voted 54-44 Wednesday to make Indiana the nation’s 23rd right-to-work state. The bill is expected to pass the…
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Tea Party: Don't Mention Founding Fathers and Slaves
The Tennessee Tea Party is at it again. About two dozen Tea Party activists held a news conference recently and then met with lawmakers individually to present their list of priorities and “demands” for the 2012 legislative session, according to Think Progress. The proposals calls for lawmakers to amend state laws governing school curricula and…
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Family of Missing Atlanta Woman Awaits Autopsy
Police are concerned that the body of a woman, discovered hidden underneath a tree in southwest Atlanta on Monday, may be that of Stacey English, who has been missing since Christmas, WSBTV 2 reports. The concern arises because the body was discovered in the same area near her home where English’s Volvo was found running…
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