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NAACP: Respecting Black Farmers
Contending that there is no way to make up for decades of discrimination that crippled the proud history of black farmers, on the Huffington Post NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous checks in on the debate raging around a court settlement. There is no way to make up for decades of discrimination that crippled the…
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School a Beacon of Hope in Nigeria
(The Root) — Whenever northern Nigeria has been in the news in recent months, the stories are usually about killings and kidnappings by Boko Haram — a radical Islamist insurgency group that has killed some 2,000 people and kidnapped others in the region since its emergence in 2002. The slayings included several people killed during…
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Quote of the Day: Madam CJ Walker
Read the full quote 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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When Are Kids Ready to Handle Life's Heavier Issues?
Shawn Taylor writes at Ebony.com that he is prepared to explain to his 6-year-old daughter about the social ills she will confront during her lifetime, arguing that he has taken a firm stance against teaching her from a deficit model. “When di pickney dem growed.” This was my grandmother’s (rest her soul) response to being…
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3 Black Oscar Candidates?
Heavyweight Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein at the Cannes Film Festival revealed an impressive slate of releases starring black actors, including Idris Elba, Forest Whitaker and Michael B. Jordan, according to New York magazine. Could Weinstein push all three men into the history-making best actor category? We haven’t had more than one black nominee for Best…
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Watch This: First Lady Speaks of Hunger for Education
First lady Michelle Obama delivered an impassioned commencement address at Bowie State University in College Park, Md., on Friday, encouraging more than 600 graduates to honor the school’s tradition and pass along their commitment to education to future generations, the Associated Press reports. Additionally, during her 15-minute address, she touched on the university’s founding in…
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Watch This: Glenn Beck: NAACP Is a 'Joke'
Conservative radio host Glenn Beck issued a scathing rebuke of the NAACP based on the comment of former chairman Julian Bond, who said that he believed the controversial actions of the Internal Revenue Service were “completely legitimate,” according to a report at the Huffington Post. “They are a joke, and an affront to everything that…
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Morehouse to Graduate Father and Son on Sunday
The Huffington Post is reporting a heartwarming story about a father and son who are slated to graduate from Morehouse College on Sunday, after spending three years together on campus. The younger Joyner and his father, Dorian Joyner Sr., will both be graduating from Morehouse College this Sunday after spending three years together on campus.…
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Philly Ex-Offender Job Fair Nixed After Too Many Show
More than 3,000 job seekers overwhelmed the Municipal Services Building in Center City in Philadelphia for a job fair Friday morning intended for ex-offenders, forcing officials to shut it down with a promise to reschedule, ABC News reports. The 3rd Annual Ex-Offenders Job Fair, sponsored by the City of Philadelphia, was set for today between…
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A Birmingham Prom 50 Years in the Making
(The Root) — Ethel and Eugene Arms have three children, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Now, after 49 years of marriage, the Birmingham, Ala., couple have something they’ve waited on for 50 years: prom memories. The Ullman High School sweethearts didn’t go to the prom in 1963, because for students who attended black high schools…
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