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Black Men Urge Obama to Add Females to My Brother’s Keeper
Doctors, lawyers, security guards and professors are among more than 200 African-American men who signed an open letter to President Barack Obama urging him to include women and girls in his far-reaching My Brother’s Keeper initiative. The letter at African American Policy Forum comes on the heels of an announcement Friday by the president that…
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When a ‘Gentleman’ Is Linked to Mass Murder
A gentleman. A mass murderer. Same thing? Now let me explain. Picture this: A young man parks his car in a mall parking lot. He gets out and heads toward the mall entrance. As he approaches the door, out of the corner of his eye, he sees a young woman walking in the same direction.…
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Donald Sterling Sues NBA for Over $1,000,000,000
The high stakes drama surrounding the life Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Donald Sterling took a new turn Friday after he filed suit against the NBA for more than $1 billion, CNN reports. The suit was provided to CNN by Sterling’s lawyer, the report says. It comes in the aftermath of his racist tirade against blacks…
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CBS Cancels The Arsenio Hall Show Amid Ratings Struggle
Arsenio Hall, who made history in the early 1990s as the first African-American late night TV talk show host, announced Friday on social media that his new show had been canceled after the first season. The move comes even after CBS Television said in February that it had renewed the The Arsenio Hall show for…
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First Daughter Malia Obama Attends Prom
As president, Barack Obama has addressed issues that impact the nation, from health care and race relations to war, but yesterday he paused to reflect on some personal matters. At the top of his list was the fact that his daughter Malia, who came into the White House as a small girl recently attended her…
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My Brother’s Keeper Sets Its Sights on Mentoring, With Help From Magic Johnson
“No matter who you are, or where you came from—or the circumstances into which you are born—if you work hard, if you take responsibility, then you can make it in this country.” President Barack Obama spoke those words in February when he announced his My Brother’s Keeper initiative, focused on empowering and improving the lives…
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Your Ex Has Moved On and Can’t Be Friends? Get Over It
I was actually helping my ex-boyfriend try to get his girlfriend back when somehow we ended up hooking up. Now he’s back with his girl and he tells me we can’t be friends anymore. I’m really hurt because he is also one of my best friends and I love his presence in my life. I…
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Why Google Should Call Some Black Friends
Google just did something few tech companies have shown interest in doing: It seriously confronted the issue of diversity—or, rather, its lack thereof. The company issued a report on its workforce diversity, and let’s just say, if it had wanted to, the report could have been summarized as follows: “When it comes to Latino and…
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Are Slave Narratives Useful to My Family Tree Research?
Dear Readers, In the past we have advised you to take advantage of holiday gatherings and the summer-reunion season to collect information from your relatives about family history. Get your kin talking, pull out a digital voice recorder, and before you know it, you will have begun a collection of oral histories that will provide…
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How to Have a Sane Black Celeb Wedding: These Stars Did It
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian threw the wedding of the century this past weekend. Not that there’s anything wrong with going international with a ceremony at a sixth-century-era fortress, and having Jaden Smith dress in a Batman suit (photos of which were released practically before the cake was cut). But there are options. These stars…
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