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Does Black History Month Represent All Blacks?
Writing in Time magazine, Christina Greer wonders where foreign-born black Americans fit into the annual February celebration. The origins of this month began in 1926 when historian Carter G. Woodson (and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History) announced the second week of February to be “Negro History Week.”… At the time, less…
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The Bond Between Civil Rights' First Wives
(The Root) — Like most people, Mary J. Blige had some knowledge of Malcolm X but knew very little about his widow, Betty Shabazz. So after business partner and friend Polly Anthony brought her a movie script about the friendship Shabazz shared with another famous widow — Coretta Scott King — Blige found herself not…
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'Girls' Just Want to Have Fun — White Fun
In a piece for the Huffington Post, NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar tackles the messages of the popular HBO series Girls. … Girls wants to tell us something important about twentysomething females of the 21st Century. And, as the elders of our society, we should always be listening to those new voices crying out. But…
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On Being an 'Exotic Black Girl'
Janday Wilson, writing at xoJane, says she loves her West African features, but she’s often perplexed by the way people react to them. “Oooh, you’re exotic. I’m going to call y’all Godiva!” That was what a Southern gentleman exclaimed to me and my friend after we told him that our families originated from Liberia and…
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Meet the Black Scientist and Innovator Who Wowed Obama
(The Root) — At the ceremony for the National Medals of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, held at the White House on Friday, President Obama awarded the highest honors bestowed by the U.S. government upon scientists, engineers and inventors. “If there is one idea that sets this country apart, one idea…
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Joe Jackson: There's No Such Thing as Beating a Kid
Before his untimely death, Michael Jackson gave heartbreaking testimony about the brutal treatment he suffered as a child at the hands of his father, Joe. But now the Jackson-family patriarch wants to clear something up. No, he doesn’t deny what he did to his kids or express regret about it. Instead, he proclaims that there…
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Lagerfeld Slams First Lady's Bangs
Designer Karl Lagerfeld has weighed in on Adele’s body, Pippa Middleton’s face, models’ bodies and more, so it was no surprise when he answered with brutal honesty when asked about first lady Michelle Obama’s new(ish) bangs in an interview with France’s Canal Plus. In short: He’s not a fan. From the Huffington Post: In an…
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Sharpton on Koch: We Disagreed, but He Wasn't a Phony
(The Root) — National Action Network President the Rev. Al Sharpton is the first to admit he was one of the “most vociferous critics” of former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, who died on Friday at age 88. But in a statement released today that reveals the complexity of political and personal relationships, he…
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Obama's Day, Feb. 1: Researchers, Inventors Get National Medals
THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2013 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press. In the afternoon, the President will award 12 eminent researchers the National Medal of Science and 11…
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