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Racial Clichés: When They Propel Murder Stories
Eric Deggans writes at CNN that the unspoken argument propelling the debate surrounding the horrific deaths of Chris Lane and Trayvon Martin is the conflict over institutional prejudice and racism. This past week, Fox News Channel’s “Fox and Friends” and The Daily Caller website both reported the three teens who killed Lane were black. The Daily Caller…
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Why Allen West Is Wrong Again
Former GOP congressman Allen West reached a new low when he attacked prominent Democrats for failing to speak out against three black Florida teens accused of beating up a white kid, Gregory Kane writes at BlackAmericaWeb.com. What has West in high dudgeon is the incident in which three black teens attacked a 13-year-old white boy on a…
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'Blurred Lines': Marvin Gaye's Family Declined Settlement
Robin Thicke’s team reportedly made Marvin Gaye’s family a six-figure offer in an effort to avert a nasty copyright-infringement battle, but the family rejected it, Billboard reports. According to sources knowledgeable with the lawsuit, the settlement offer came after Frankie Christian Gaye, Marvin Gaye III and Nona Marvisa Gaye accused Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” hit single…
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Colin Powell: Zimmerman Verdict 'Questionable'
Calling it “questionable” that George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, former Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed uncertainty about whether the case would have lasting power in the public’s mind, the Associated Press reports. Speaking on CBS’s Face the Nation, Powell said cases like Martin’s “blaze across the midnight sky”…
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MLK III to Marchers: 'The Task Is Not Done'
Tens of thousands of people came to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on Saturday to observe the 50th anniversary of the famous march, the Associated Press reports. Speakers called for marchers to continue fighting for King’s dream, saying it includes equality for gays, Hispanics, the poor and disabled. The event was an homage to…
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March on Washington 2013: Signs of the Time
The more things change, the more they stay the same. That old adage was definitely illustrated in the signs hoisted on the shoulders and above the heads of participants at Saturday’s commemorative March on Washington, celebrating the iconic demonstration’s 50th anniversary. Thousands of people marched through the same streets that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.…
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March on Washington 2013: Signs of the Time
Tracy Clayton is a writer, humorist and blogger from Louisville, Ky. The more things change, the more they stay the same. That old adage was definitely illustrated in the signs hoisted on the shoulders and above the heads of participants at Saturday’s commemorative March on Washington, celebrating the iconic demonstration’s 50th anniversary. Thousands of people…
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Quote of the Day: Malcolm X on True Equality
Read the quote in its full context here. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research at Harvard University. He is also the editor-in-chief of The Root. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
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March on Washington 2013: Why They Came
On Saturday, thousands of people streamed onto the National Mall in Washington, D.C., from cities across the country. Called together by the National Action Network — the civil rights organization led by the Rev. Al Sharpton — and labor and other social-justice groups, some seemed content to simply be there or continue what they described as…
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An Album That's Still at the Top of the Class
(The Root) — Aug. 25 marks the 15th anniversary of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, arguably one of the most important albums of the hip-hop generation. The album was so resounding and influential that it is still cited by many artists as the greatest release this side of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Hill’s first album —…
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