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Clinton Compares Voter ID Law to Jim Crow, and More
Bill Clinton compares voter ID laws to Jim Crow: “There has never been in my lifetime, since we got rid of the poll tax and all the Jim Crow burdens on voting, the determined effort to limit the franchise that we see today,” the former president said in a speech to youth activists about GOP…
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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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NeNe Leakes Drunk-Dials Anderson Cooper, and More
Did NeNe Leaks drunk-dial Anderson Cooper? Yes, according to the CNN anchor. Luckily he’s “really impressed” by NeNe and admittedly enjoys the Bravo show, so he didn’t seem to mind: “I got drunk-dialed by NeNe Leakes. I have now met her, but at that point I had never met her,” Cooper told an audience at…
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White House Holds First-Ever 'TweetUp'
President Barack Obama will answer questions about the economy and jobs today during his first Twitter town hall meeting, during which users of the social networking site are urged to use the hashtag #AskObama. The event, also being called a ‘TweetUp,’ will take place at 2 p.m. EDT. The questions will come from Twitter, but…
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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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Nicki Minaj's Cousin Killed in Possible Mistaken Identity, and More
Nicki Minaj’s cousin killed: The rapper took to Twitter to announce the news, writing “Lived in Brooklyn his whole life. My precious cousin. My baby. Killed last nite,” and, “My cousin Nicholas. Also goes by Juse, or @brolicalcoholic* Murdered. Last nite. Near his home. Brooklyn, NY” and posting two pictures. Radar Online is reporting that…
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Compton Student Splits $40,000 Basketball Contest Prize Among Runners-Up
Allan Guei, a star player on the Compton High School basketball team in California, won $40,000 toward college expenses in a foul-shooting contest for top students in March. Now, after learning that he’s been awarded a full basketball scholarship to Cal State Northridge, he’s announced that he’ll give his contest winnings to the seven runners-up,…
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