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Media Mute on Malcolm X's Birthday?
On Malcolm X’s 86th Birthday, Media Likely to Be Muted In New York, where the iconic black nationalist was based for the most prominent part of his career, and where he was assassinated in 1965, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture plans “A Critical Discussion of the New Biography — ‘Malcolm X: A…
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'Teach Me How to Dougie' Singer M-Bone Dead at 22
Cali Swag District member M-Bone died Sunday night, the victim of a drive-by shooting. M-Bone, born Mante Talbert, was a member of the group who stole the spotlight — and taught the nation a new dance — with their 2010 single, Teach Me How to Dougie. Cali Swag front man C-Smoove tweeted, “Ma life changed…
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Audie Cornish to Host NPR's Sunday Morning
Capitol Hill Reporter to Succeed Liane Hansen Audie Cornish, a reporter and substitute host for NPR since 2006, has been named the new host of “Weekend Edition Sunday,” NPR announced on Thursday. She “will be the new voice of Sunday mornings for millions of public radio listeners beginning this fall. Liane Hansen, who has been…
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Huffington Sets Direction for Its Black, Latino Websites
The Huffington Post has scrapped plans to create the new black-oriented GlobalBlack website it conceived with BET co-founder Sheila C. Johnson in favor of reshaping Black Voices, one of the sites Huffington now controls as part of the terms of its acquisition by AOL. “GlobalBlack is now Black Voices,” Huffington Post spokesman Mario Ruiz told…
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'The Scottsboro Boys' and 'Sister Act' Garner Tony Noms
It’s been a good year for black actors on Broadway — just check out the 2011 Tony Award nominations. From the stars of the controversial Scottsboro Boys musical to Sister Act, black stage actors were shown some nomination love for this year’s Tonys. Joseph Henry of The Scottsboro Boys and Patina Miller, who plays the…
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Capital Connections: Out and About in DC
It’s official. The holiday reception season has started in the nation’s capital. Politicos, local entrepreneurs, Hill staff and socialites will be all around town in the next three weeks participating in social-philanthropic events. Politicos, Capitol Hill staffers, journalists and White House appointees gathered at L2 Lounge in Georgetown to network and toast the holidays. Here,…
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Obama Chides Media for Birther Story
President Releases Birth Certificate “There comes a moment in almost every American presidency when the commander in chief turns media critic in chief,” David Folkenflik reported Wednesday for NPR. “For President Obama, that moment occurred Wednesday morning. He released his birth certificate to quell persistent rumors that he was somehow not born in this country…
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Obama Chides Media for Birther Story
President Releases Birth Certificate “There comes a moment in almost every American presidency when the commander in chief turns media critic in chief,” David Folkenflik reported Wednesday for NPR. “For President Obama, that moment occurred Wednesday morning. He released his birth certificate to quell persistent rumors that he was somehow not born in this country…
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Is Barack Obama Finally an American?
Does Donald Trump have any sense of decency? He declared this morning that he was “proud” of himself for forcing President Obama to make his detailed birth certificate public. The president of the United States had to “prove” that he was actually a United States citizen, two years into his term. “We do not have…
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Obama and the Elusive Idea of Race
It’s not surprising to get involved in a heated discussion about race when you’re strolling through a museum exhibit called “Race: Are We So Different?” And wouldn’t you know that President Barack Obama would get caught right in the middle of it. Not all charges that the president isn’t who he says he is come…