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Eric Holder: Systemic, Subtle Racism Far Worse Than Rants
Subtle, everyday racism, especially within the criminal justice system, is far more harmful than racist outburst, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told graduates Saturday during a commencement address at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Md. He described racist outbursts, such as those by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, as…
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SNL Parodies Solange and Jay Z Elevator Fight
Saturday Night Live mercilessly lampooned the Solange and Jay Z elevator fight during the show’s season finale. In the comedy sketch, Solange was not attacking her brother-in-law, but trying to remove a spider off his shoulder. This was not the first time the show parodied the family, well, Beyoncé. Just weeks ago, they released a…
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Oprah’s Network to Hold Michael Sam Docuseries
Just days after announcing that Oprah Winfrey’s OWN would chronicle Michael Sam’s every move for a documentary series, officials said Friday that the project has been placed on hold indefinitely, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Last week, Sam made headlines when he became the first openly gay player to be drafted by the NFL’s St.…
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Veteran’s Death in Hot Jail Cell Exposes National Problem
It was a horrifying discovery when Jerome Murdough was found dead in his Rikers Island jail cell after malfunctioning equipment caused temperatures to skyrocket to nearly 100 degrees in February. Now, officials say the death of the 56-year-old former Marine may be emblematic of a growing problem in jails across the nation as the inmate…
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NH Pols Join Push for Ouster of Racist Police Commissioner
New Hampshire political leaders have joined a widening chorus of residents calling for the resignation of a police commissioner who called President Barack Obama the n-word, the Associated Press reports. Wolfeboro, N.H., Town Manager David Owen posted a statement (pdf) Friday on the town’s website calling on Robert Copeland, 82, to resign the position to…
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Obama on Brown v. Board: The 1st Major Step in Ending ‘Separate but Equal’
On the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, President Barack Obama described the 1954 case as the first major step in dismantling the “separate but equal” doctrine that had justified Jim Crow, according to statement released by the White House. “As we commemorate this historic anniversary, we recommit…
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Michelle Obama Warns of Growing School Resegregation
First lady Michelle Obama issued a warning Friday about the return of school segregation nearly 60 years after it was struck down by the Supreme Court’s decision in the pivotal Brown v. Board of Education, according to a statement released by the White House. Speaking to about 1,200 graduating high school seniors and their families…
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Cyber-Stalker Forces St. Louis News-Anchor Off the Air
An award-winning former news-anchor says that she quit her job of 10 years after receiving threatening emails from a cyber-stalker, according to her site, TheVillageCelebration. To the dismay of scores of viewers, Vickie Newton quit her job at KMOV in St. Louis, Missouri, in July to return home to Arkansas to live with her family…
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Doors Shuttered at Nation’s Oldest Black Bookstore
Over nearly four decades, San Francisco’s Marcus Books served as a cultural Mecca for black writers, authors and just plain bibliophiles. The nation’s oldest black book store played host to scores of writers and speakers’ events, including James Baldwin, Dave Chappelle, Malcolm X, Alice Walker, Willie Brown, Jackie Robinson, Angela Davis, Barry White, Wesley Snipes…
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Search Continues for DC Child Relisha Rudd
A volunteer task force comprising parents and other concerned citizens met Friday at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in Washington, D.C., with one goal: find 8-year-old Relisha Rudd, who was last seen more than two months ago, NBC 4 Washington reports. None of the searchers ever met Relisha, but volunteers told the station they will…
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