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Armstrong Williams Fears Losing Stations in Sinclair Broadcast Sale Plan
To Please Critics, Sinclair Retreats on Pledge to Sell Armstrong Williams, the conservative commentator and entrepreneur, said Friday that he is “in jeopardy of losing all my [television] stations” in the wake of a decision by Sinclair Broadcasting Corp., his business partner and benefactor, to put on the open market stations it had planned to…
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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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Journalists of Color Sought to Cover Criminal-Justice System
The new Internet startup on criminal justice issues to be edited by Bill Keller, former executive editor of the New York Times, will have a diverse staff because the subject matter demands it, Keller told Journal-isms in a message Monday. He spoke as journalism Internet startups are under fire for lack of diversity. Keller was…
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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…
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Celebrating the Past and the Future in DC
The polar vortex couldn’t stop Washington, D.C.’s movers and shakers from marking the end of Black History Month 2014 in style. The Root’s D.C. insider, Nicole Venable, went behind the scenes at three events—including the one shown here, “Honoring Our Past, Celebrating Our Future,” featuring former and current black senators—that celebrated leadership, diversity and history. On Feb.…
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Powerful New Biography Recounts Life and Work of Stokely Carmichael
Editor’s note: “If Martin [Luther King Jr.] served as the king of the black freedom movement during the civil rights era, then Stokely [Carmichael] reigned as the prince of a revolutionary movement for political self-determination and cultural pride that would be embodied in his call for black power.” So wrote Peniel Joseph in a tribute…
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Michigan Man Convicted of Killing 4 Women He Met Online
A courtroom erupted in cheers and sobs Friday after a jury convicted 25-year-old James C. Brown in the brutal deaths of four women, who were killed after meeting him through ads on an adult website, the Detroit Free Press reports. Statements like “my baby got justice,” and “they know” echoed throughout the courtroom as relatives…
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Did My Granddad Play in the Negro Leagues?
“I’m curious to know more about my paternal grandfather, Claude Barclay, from Cleveland. ‘Beatrice Penn’ was the name of his wife. He died many years before I was born, and for many reasons my father never talks about him. “During the most recent Thanksgiving holiday, I decided to ask my father and his siblings about…
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Michael Dunn Verdict Infuriates Black Social Media
The jury verdict Saturday in the killing of Jordan Davis lit up the black blogosphere over the weekend, with comparisons to the plight of young black men and the “Stand Your Ground” case of Trayvon Martin, another slain, unarmed black Florida teenager who claimed national attention last year. The “Democracy, Now!” radio and television show…
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Was Andromeda Black?
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. 68: What was the original…