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Strange Fruit: Remembering Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith
Eighty years ago, on August 6, 1930, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith were lynched in Marion, Ind., for an alleged armed robbery and rape of a white woman. The two men were dragged from their prison cells by a mob made up of thousands and then lynched. Local photographer Lawrence Beitler took what would become the…
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Around The World In Black Greekdom
Each Monday, I’ll pick out some of the more interesting black greek news that’s coming across my computer. And if you think your news is good enough to make the list, send me an email and I’ll check it out. But until next week… Columbia University mourns the loss of an Alphaman, and one of…
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The Week in Obama for August 9
It’s a relatively simple week for Obama. After a weekend spent goofing off with some basketball greats, Monday will find the president consorting with the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints. After that, he’ll fly to Austin, Texas, to give a quick speech about education at the University of Texas at Austin. On Tuesday, like…
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Free the Black Looney Tunes!
This week, Warner Home Video is releasing two more in its majestic series of DVD sets of Looney Tunes, cleaned up to look more gorgeous than you could ever have imagined if you grew up watching them on TV. However, out of roughly a thousand Looney Tunes, we will not be seeing a certain Censored…
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President Obama Plays Basketball With NBA Stars
During his birthday weekend, President Barack Obama played ball with NBA superstars at Fort McNair. LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Alonzo Mourning, Grant Hill, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Maya Moore and a host of others were in attendance. Afterward the group had a barbecue at the White House. Now, that’s what we call a birthday celebration.…
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MLK's Niece Calls Gay Marriage Genocide
The niece of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the late Coretta Scott King spoke out against gay marriage at a National Organization for Marriage (NOM) rally in Atlanta. Alveda King likened gay marriage to a type of “extinction” and called it “genocide.” She highlighted the family’s strong commitment to marriage,…
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Whose Fault Is It You’re So Overweight?
So, have you figured out, yet, why you are so overweight? I’m asking because a good friend is going through a pretty rough stage in her life. I’ve known her for more than 25 years, and what a long, strange trip it’s been. On the surface, we seem to have zero in common: Ethnicity, family…
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Actress Mia Farrow Contradicts Naomi Campbell's Testimony
Actress Mia Farrow disputed Naomi Campbell’s claim that she received dirty little pebbles from former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor. Farrow testified that the supermodel told her that she had received a “huge diamond” from him. In sworn testimony last week, Campbell admitted receiving two or three “dirty-looking stones” after a 1997 dinner with Taylor at…
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Spike Lee Slams U.S. Report on Vanishing Oil
Federal scientists said last week that nearly three-quarters of the oil from the BP oil debacle has been removed by various artificial or natural means, but that the spill’s effect on wildlife will long continue. Filmmaker Spike Lee says that the U.S. government report is a “lie.” He then said journalists should expose “the real story”…
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Michelle Obama Meets the King of Spain
First lady Michelle Obama was harshly criticized for taking a vacation during a recession and going to Spain. Some questioned the first lady spending taxpayers’ money on a lavish excursion and why she would vacation in Spain as opposed to America. We say, spoken like a true American — many of whom have never been…