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How a Black Briton's Murder Led to Change
(The Root) — Exactly 20 years ago today, Stephen Lawrence woke up like a typical 18-year-old student. Studying technology and physics, he was hoping to go to college later that year to realize his dream of becoming an architect. By the end of the day he was dead, stabbed to death by a gang of…
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Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka Wins Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
On Monday, award sponsor the Cleveland Foundation announced the winners of the 78th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The recipients are the following: * Laird Hunt, Kind One, Fiction * Kevin Powers, The Yellow Birds, Fiction * Eugene Gloria, My Favorite Warlord, Poetry * Andrew Solomon, Far From the Tree, Nonfiction * Wole Soyinka, Lifetime Achievement …
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Blacks in Technology: Bolstr Let's Small Businesses
Bolstr is a community funding marketplace for small businesses. Data shows that 80% of donations to successful crowdfunding campaigns come from the social network of the person asking. So after meeting each other as interns at JP Morgan Chase, co-founders Charlie Tribbett and Larry Baker, both 28, saw a way to help entrepreneurs engage local…
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Uncle Luke Donates 5,000 b condoms to Miami Non-Profits
Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell, formerly of the rap group 2 Live Crew and, b condoms, the only black-owned condom company have announced a partnership, Clutch reports. Campbell is donating 5,000 Platinum XL b condoms to a Miami, Fl area non-profit organization this summer. He will also donate another 1,000 Platinum XL b condoms through “Let…
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Publishing Powerhouse Uses Strategic Partnerships to Build an Empire
To say that Munson Steed oversees a media empire would not be an exaggeration. CEO of the Steed Media Group, a multimedia company that includes flagship publication, Rolling Out— the largest chain of African-American-owned weekly newspapers in the country—-he’s literally got his finger on the pulse of black urban America. But more than that, Steed,…
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Boston Bombings: Obama Requests Moment of Silence
Following his last statement regarding the capture of the second Boston-bombing suspect on Friday, President Obama has asked for a moment of silence on Monday at 2:50 p.m. EDT, the time when the first bomb exploded at the Boston Marathon, to remember victims Krystle Campbell, Lingzi Lu and Martin Richard, according to USA Today. Massachusetts…
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2 African Runners Win London Marathon
As the Boston area recovered in the wake of Friday’s manhunt for the Tsarnaev brothers, London’s marathon on Sunday went on without incident. Two African athletes took home the winning prizes, according to the Daily News. The men’s race was won by Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede; the women’s champion was Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo, not to be…
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Do We Need Any More Clintons or Bushes?
(The Root) — Largely overlooked amid the wall-to-wall coverage of the Boston terror attacks was some intriguing and potentially important political news. Former President George W. Bush weighed in on speculation regarding his brother former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s presidential prospects, saying that he hopes his sibling runs for the nation’s highest office in 2016.…
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How to Heal After Boston and Other Terrors
Amid the investigation and news cycle following the Boston Marathon bombings, Colorlines contributor Rinku Sen offers advice on how Americans can mend after such violence. When I heard about Boston, I wanted to push it away. I’m so exhausted from the cycle of sorrow, panic, defense and more sorrow that every incident of mass violence…
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Why We Can Never Give Up on Gun Control
With new gun control legislation derailed, Marian Wright Edelman writes at the Huffington Post why Americans must stay focused on changing the status quo. The fight to protect children, not guns is not over because: Ninety percent of Americans want a universal background check. This includes 94 percent of North Dakota voters, 89 percent of…
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