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‘The Kinsey Collection’: Where Art and History Intersect
When Bernard and Shirley Kinsey failed to answer questions about their family’s genealogy for their son’s third-grade history class, the Los Angeles couple embarked on a mission to learn more. “We knew instantly that we needed to do more work on our own,” Bernard Kinsey told The Root. “From that situation, we decided that we…
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The Abolitionist Behind the Gettysburg Address
(The Root) — In the Gettysburg Address, which Abraham Lincoln delivered 150 years ago this month, he declared that the Union fought to defend “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” Americans soon claimed this phrase as the definitive description of their democracy and have celebrated it as such ever since. Yet…
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10 Black Films Filled With Christmas Cheer
The holiday season is often accompanied by laughter, joy, delicious food, board games and lively discussions about sports, pop culture and current events. Many Americans flock to movie theaters to see the latest and often best films of the year trotted out in time for Oscar contention. For those who prefer the comfort of your…
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Romney's '47 Percent' Gaffe: No Knockout Punch
Devona Walker, writing at the Burton Wire, is not convinced that the leaked video of the GOP candidate means the end for him. Democrats shouldn’t forget about the issue of voter suppression, she warns. Many say Mitt Romney lost his bid for the White House yesterday, but I am not too sure. A videotape was leaked to Mother…
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Florida Loses $46K in Welfare Drug Testing
Required drug tests for welfare recipients in Florida ended up costing taxpayers more than it saved, identified few drug users, and failed to curb the number of applications to the program, according to a report in The New York Times. During the four months the tests were given — July through October of 2011 —…
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Police Handcuff Kindergartner After Tantrum
Atlanta — Just a month after a federal education department survey found racial disparities in school arrests, a debate is brewing over police handcuffing a 6-year-old Georgia girl after she threw a tantrum in her elementary school class. According to a police report obtained by WMAZ, the Macon, Ga., television station that first reported the story,…
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