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Minnesota Muslim Activist Defends His Faith Against Radicalism
As part of the Washington Post’s “Under Suspicion” series’ examination of the lives of American Muslims since the Sept. 11 attacks, Eli Saslow has profiled Abdirizak Bihi, whose story is another example of just how complicated those lives and our perceptions of them can be. The Somali-American man is the founder, director and sole employee…
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Tia Mowry to Write Book on Motherhood
About a month after giving birth to her son, Cree, Tia Mowry Hardrict of The Game has another related announcement: She’ll be writing a book about her experiences with pregnancy and motherhood: “Great News!!!!! I am now an AUTHOR!!! I am writing a BOOK! So excited about this new adventure! More news to follow!!! xoxo…
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Strip Club Sued for Discriminating Against Black Employees, and More
Strip club sued for discriminating against African-American employees: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against a Houston topless bar for allegedly forcing African-American waitresses and dancers not to work when the club was visited by a certain racist company executive. A manager says he’s shocked by the suit because the club markets…
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Was Obama Almost Given Up for Adoption?
There’s another book out, containing more brand-new “truths” about the president and his family. This one, focusing on his father, claims that Obama was (maybe, possibly) almost given up for adoption. From Madamenoir: According to the book, The Other Barack: The Bold and Reckless Life of President Obama’s Father, written by Boston Globe reporter Sally…
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Controversy Surrounds MLK Memorial
Less than two months before the Aug. 28 dedication in Washington, D.C., of a major memorial to Martin Luther King Jr., controversy is surrounding the sculpture. No, not from people who don’t think the late civil rights icon deserves the honor. Rather, the criticism is coming from those who question the decision to use a…
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Scenes From the American Black Film Festival: Day 1
Despite a heat wave and thunderstorms, crowds came out to attend the sold-out premiere of Robert Townsend’s new film, In the Hive, at Miami’s Colony Theatre during opening night of the 15th annual American Black Film Festival. In addition to ABFF Founder Jeff Fridays, celebrities such as Bill Duke, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Mekhi Phifer and…
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Mixed-Race Writers and Artists on the Rise
With the new census numbers showing a roughly 32 percent increase since the year 2000 in the number of Americans who identify as multiracial; a biracial president; an explosion of blogs about multiculturalism; and the advent of critical mixed-race studies on college campuses, it’s no wonder that work by mixed-race artists and writers is increasingly…
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NAACP 'Deeply Concerned' by CNN Lineup
In a press release today, the NAACP expressed its profound disappointment in CNN’s newly announced prime-time news lineup, which features no African Americans in slots as anchors or hosts. “The NAACP is deeply concerned with the lack of African-American journalists in prime-time news, both on cable and national network news shows,” NAACP President and CEO…
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Oprah to Teach 'Life 101' Class at Leadership Academy
Oprah Winfrey is back in the USA after spending time with the students at her Leadership Academy in South Africa, and she has plans to return to teach a class called “It’s Life 101,” PopEater reports. The content: all the stuff she wished someone had told her about how the world really works. “Should be…
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UConn Rescinds 13-Year-Old's Acceptance
Autum Ashante, a highly academically accomplished 13-year-old from the Bronx, N.Y., planned to start her freshman year at the University of Connecticut this fall. Now, her father says, the school has rescinded her acceptance, the Daily News reports. Batin Ashante said that his daughter was “devastated” after university officials called him yesterday to deliver the…
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