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Ole Miss Frat Chapter Closed Over Noose Incident
The parent organization of a University of Mississippi fraternity has closed the campus’ chapter, nearly two months after expelling three members charged with hanging a noose around the neck of the statue of the school’s first black student, the Associated Press reports. The university announced Thursday that the national office of Sigma Phi Epsilon, based…
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Shanesha Taylor Faces 8 Years for Leaving Kids in Car
An Arizona prosecutor has announced plans to pursue charges against Shanesha Taylor, the homeless woman who left her two children in a car during a job interview in Scottsdale, Ariz., according to AZCentral. Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said Wednesday he will move forward with a felony child-abuse prosecution against the 35-year-old mother, the site…
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How the Griot of the Hood Became a Rap Storyteller for the Ages
April of 1994 equaled 30 days, from start to finish, of emotional highs and lows for those of African descent. The fourth month of that year saw the start of hundreds of thousands of Tutsi being massacred in the Rwandan genocide. On April 29, South Africa held its first interracial election, in which Nelson Mandela was voted president. And…
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The Diverse Ways They Each Coped With Child Abuse
What is especially sinister about child molesters is that they often take advantage of a child’s ignorance about sex to perpetuate the assault. When Oprah Winfrey spoke to admitted child abusers and their therapists about the tactics and strategies they used to groom their victims, one of the most disturbing revelations was when the predators described how…
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Hats That Should Have Been Saved for Easter Sunday
The ultimate Easter accessory was never a colored egg. If you know what we know, the yearly celebration of Jesus’ resurrection is also your annual chance to glide through those church aisles with the most excessively stylish hat atop your blessed head. So why on earth did these celebrities waste their creative headgear on the…
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Scandal Recap: In Search of a Soul
Thursday night’s season finale, “The Price of Free and Fair Elections,” was as Scandal-y as Scandal gets. Bombs, blood, tears, lies, alcohol and chic suits with impeccable tailoring were all jam-packed into the last episode. But despite all of the distractions, everyone seems to have been in search of one thing—peace. Peace, like the election,…
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Black America Needs a ‘Let’s Move’ Campaign Against Smoking
In recent years, promoting healthy eating to help prevent a bevy of health woes has become the primary focus for health advocates within the black community. Thanks in part to greater media attention and high-profile representatives, other issues have also finally begun to win much-needed attention, including breast cancer and AIDS. But one of the black…
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Was a Slave-Owning Politician My Ancestor?
I wonder if I am related to a slave-owning politician in North Carolina, Stephen Cabarrus. One of my maternal great-grandfathers was named Lawrence Cobbaris (also spelled Cabarrus or Cabarras). He was born in or about 1832, enslaved in North Carolina. He purchased land in Emantha, Fla., in 1892, according to a homestead certificate I am…
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DC Arts Patron Helping Student Attend Summer Ivy League Program
When Peggy Cooper Cafritz, a Washington, D.C., arts patron, saw on the news that a local teenager would not be able to attend a prestigious summer Ivy League program because of the price, she was spurred to action. She called the station to say she would help Zach Wood, whose story aired on the station…
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Man Free for 13 Years Because of Error Is Now in Prison
A Missouri man who was convicted of armed robbery in 2000 was told to await instructions on when and where to report to begin serving his 13-year prison sentence, but the instructions never arrived, the Associated Press reports. So Cornealious Anderson, 37, remained free for 13 years after his conviction, the report says. And during…
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