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9 Biggest Lies About Black Males and Academic Success
Editor’s note: This weekend, Morehouse College hosted the inaugural summit in a White House-sponsored series of events aimed at addressing educational outcomes for African-American students. The Morehouse event, called the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans: Addressing the Socio-Cultural Factors Impacting the Academic Achievement and Development of African American Males, focused on…
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Is the Black Press Still Powerful?
Author Says Papers Have Not Kept Up With Today’s Readers The black press was not part of the “State of the News Media 2014” report issued this week by the Pew Research Center — the center says it is saving that for later — but a new book by an expert on that slice of…
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ABC News Diversifies Its Decision-Makers
Five of Color on Track to Green-Light Stories, Ideas ABC News, responding to the need to diversify its executive ranks, has completed the first year of a fellowship program in which three journalists of color learned producer skills. Three more are in the program for its second year, and it is preparing for a third,…
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Digital Soul: The Computer, Imagination and Social Change
Science fiction authors and philosophers have asked: Could a computer have a soul? I have a different question: Could a computer produce soul (if you dig what I mean)? The computer is an instrument, just like a piano and a human voice. So just as Nina Simone used those instruments in her song “Mississippi Goddam,” the computer…
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Teen Whose Dad Died Shielding Her: ‘I Am Going to Make Him Proud’
“I am going to make him proud,” Masharah Tingling told the Chicago Tribune after her father, Michael Tingling, died Wednesday protecting her from an ex-convict during a sidewalk confrontation on the city’s North Side. Her father was looking forward to the eighth-grader’s graduation this spring from Chicago Math and Science Academy, said a friend, Carmen Preister. Preister…
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FAMU Partners for 24-Hour Black News Channel
Trustees Approve 11-Year Collaboration With J.C. Watts The board of trustees of Florida A&M University has approved an 11-year partnership with former Rep. J.C. Watts to produce a 24-hour, multiplatform Black Television News Channel that Watts initially announced six years ago. A signing ceremony is scheduled Friday on FAMU’s campus. The new network plans 50…
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How Can You Possibly Say There’s No Scientific Basis for Race?
In a series of Ask Me Anything sessions related to the subject matter of the Race Manners advice column, I’ve offered quick answers to questions from dozens of Reddit users. Recently, I checked my inbox there and discovered more—a lot more. I’m guessing they’re the ones that people didn’t want to ask publicly, either because…
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How Many ‘White’ People Are Passing?
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. Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 71: What percentage of white…
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Diversity Protests Spur Action at Online Media Startups
Alarm Sounded at Expansion of Young White Male Network The issue of diversity at Internet journalism startups blew up this week after critical pieces called out the startups on — of course — the Internet, and leaders of two of the leading targets pleaded their commitment to inclusion. “What people may not understand is that…
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How the Civil Rights Movement Expanded Freedom of the Press
How Civil Rights Movement Expanded Freedom of the Press A libel case arising from the civil rights movement is responsible for a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded guarantees of freedom of the press, a New York Times editorial reminded readers on Sunday. “How is society to preserve open criticism of the government, while…