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Who Really Invented the 'Talented Tenth'?
Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro With Complete Proof, to whom these “amazing facts” are an homage. (The Root) — Amazing Facts About…
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Fighting for Realistic Black Images
As we gear up for the Academy Awards, filmmaker and author Nelson George analyzes the way African Americans are depicted on screen in the New York Times, and he isn’t satisfied with what he’s found. The four films noted here are contenders for a slew of major Oscars: “Django Unchained,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild,”…
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Georgia, Don't Execute Mentally Ill Warren Hill
On Feb. 19, Warren Hill is slated to be executed in Georgia, despite his lawyer’s argument that he is mentally ill. Eric Jacobson, executive director of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, writes in the Huffington Post that if Hill is executed, it will be a great miscarriage of justice. The United States Supreme Court…
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Cory Booker: Criticism of Him 'Overblown'
(The Root) — Friday was a busy day for Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker. In the morning, New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg announced that he would not run for re-election, and that evening NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous remarked at a star-studded dinner that Booker might be the one to follow in President…
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Mary J Blige Hit With $900,000 Tax Lien
It’s been a tough financial road for Mary J. Blige lately, and the hits keep coming as she now faces a tax lien of nearly $1 million, reports the Huffington Post. The singer, 42, has been hit with a $901,769.65 tax lien in the State of New Jersey, according to documents obtained by TMZ. And to…
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Forest Whitaker Stopped and Frisked
In New York City, Oscar-winning actor and director Forest Whitaker went into Milano Market for a snack but emerged a man mistakenly accused of shoplifting, reports the Daily News. The “Bird” star was accused of shoplifting and patted down Friday around lunchtime by an overzealous employee at the Milano Market, according to Whitaker’s publicist. The…
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Chris Dorner Dead, and Protests Arise in Los Angeles
On Saturday, the same day that Chris Dorner, fugitive former Los Angeles cop, was confirmed dead by a self-inflicted wound, people gathered in front of the Los Angeles Police Department to protest police corruption, reports the Daily News. Protesters told the Los Angeles Times they didn’t support Dorner’s deadly methods, but objected to police corruption…
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Crazy Talk: Three-Fifths Compromise Was 'Pragmatic' Solution
Emory University President James Wagner wrote in his institution’s magazine that the compromise between the Northern and Southern congressmembers to delineate slaves as three-fifths of a human being was a great coup for the American government, reports Gawker. President James Wagner rhapsodizes about the need for compromise in a politically turbulent society … He writes:…
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Obama to Deliver Morehouse Graduation Speech
On Saturday, the White House announced that President Obama will deliver the commencement address to Morehouse College’s class of 2013. According to the Atlanta Constitution-Journal, the president of the historic HBCU also weighed in on the POTUS’ upcoming appearance. Morehouse President John Silvanus Wilson Jr. said … it was fitting that the president’s visit will…
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Beyoncé Omits Family Troubles in HBO Doc
As watch parties for Beyoncé’s HBO documentary, Life Is But a Dream, popped up across America on Saturday night, the pop star revealed tidbits from her fiercely protected personal life. Fans got a long look at Blue Ivy, Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s adorable baby daughter, scenes of her snapping at stage producers and her teary admission…
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