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MHP: What a Super Bowl in the Superdome Means
Today is Super Bowl Sunday, and while MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry is thrilled, she also took a few moments to reflect on where the big game will be held. New Orleans’ Superdome — with its troubling past as the place where many suffered during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina — hosts today’s matchup between the…
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Muhammad Ali Near Death, Claims Brother
Muhammad Ali is fighting for his life, says his brother, Rahman Ali, in an interview with the UK’s Sun newspaper. The former heavyweight champion, 71, is gripped by Parkinson’s and Rahman Ali fears he is in terminal decline. But the 69-year-old said the disease is NOT the most devastating factor in Ali’s heartbreaking demise. He…
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Beyoncé: First the Super Bowl, Then the World?
As excitement grows for the Super Bowl and Beyoncé’s halftime performance, there may be another tidbit of information that Queen Bey will share with her fans, reports Billboard. Per an image on Live Nation’s UK website, the pop star’s upcoming tour will be dubbed The Mrs. Carter Show — a reference to her marriage to…
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Jesse Jackson Asks Obama to Visit Chicago
As the gun violence in Chicago continues, Rev. Jesse Jackson called on President Obama to return to the Windy City and help tackle their crippling violence, according to the Associated Press. At a press conference Saturday, Jackson said Chicago is in the midst of a crisis unlike any other city and that Mayor Rahm Emanuel and…
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Oprah's OWN Is Target of Sex Discrimination Suit
On Friday, a former executive filed suit against Oprah Winfrey’s OWN television channel for sex discrimination and willful failure to pay wages upon discharge or termination, reports the Hollywood Reporter. In a lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Carolyn Hommel claims she was hired in 2010 as senior director of scheduling and acquisitions…
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King, Shabazz Families Not Consulted for Lifetime Film
Some in the families of Coretta Scott King and Betty Shabazz say that Lifetime’s made-for-TV movie Betty & Coretta, which aired on Saturday, is not based in truth, reports the Washington Post. Though she applauds Lifetime’s efforts for recognizing an important era, Ilyasah Shabazz, 50, one of the six Shabazz daughters, strongly emphasizes the film…
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Start Black History Month at the Beginning
Would you rather learn about royalty, riches and intelligence during Black History Month or slavery, again? Dion Rabouin writes on the Huffington Post that the annual reflection on African-American history is mistakenly filled with stories of blacks in chains, as if that’s the most important part of our collective story. Young black school children don’t…
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Revealing the Real Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks once said that she’d rather be murdered at a young age than be subjugated by her racist countrymen, and that’s just one thing most might not know about the woman who refused to relinquish her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, writes Charles M. Blow in the New York Times. On the verge…
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Cissy Houston Reflects on Raising Whitney
(The Root) — When someone you love dies, the first question to escape before the grief hits you in the throat is often, “Why?” Why her, why now, why me, why not someone else? Nothing could be truer of the sudden death of musical icon Whitney Houston, who, after appearing on the upswing following years…
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