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'Jungle Fever' Cast: Then and Now
“I have to admit, I’ve always been curious about Caucasian women … That doesn’t mean to say that because a brother is with a white girl that he’s less progressive. I’m still very pro-black,” said Flipper Purify, Snipes’ character in Jungle Fever. He was happily married, with a beautiful child and a good career. But…
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Abramson, Baquet Rise at New York Times
Jill Abramson and Dean Baquet — a white woman and a black man — will lead the newsroom of the New York Times, the newspaper announced on Thursday, reporting that Abramson, a former investigative reporter and Washington bureau chief, will become the paper’s executive editor, and Baquet, the Washington bureau chief, will become the new…
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Black AIDS Institute and NAACP Grade U.S. Presidents' Responses to AIDS
During the 30-year fight against AIDS, several U.S. presidents have been faced with tackling the country’s HIV/AIDS epidemic — and according to the Black AIDS Institute and the NAACP, not all have risen to the occasion. In the report 30 Years Is Enuf! the two organizations graded five presidents from the last three decades —…
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Gil Scott-Heron Had Sights on the Media
Gil Scott-Heron might not have been a journalist, but the poet and musician was sure enough a social commentator who could “make it sing,” and his subjects included the media. His most quoted piece was “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.” Perhaps it was fitting that news of his death in New York spread virally…
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Twitter: Bin Laden's Alleged Ex-Lover and Rapper Wale Feud
Fresh from our “You’ve gotta whole lotta nerve” file, Osama bin Laden’s former mistress Kola Boof has taken to Twitter to attack rapper Wale for perpetuating dominant standards of beauty in his music video for “Pretty Girls,” calling him self-loathing. John Hudson reports that Boof went slap-off on Wale, who is Nigerian and from Washington,…
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Lawsuit Puts Private Prisons in Spotlight
Antoney Jones, a gay African-American man imprisoned in Idaho, needed protection from other inmates who thrived on assaulting vulnerable prisoners, especially those who were black and gay, his lawyers said. He especially needed protection after testifying against a criminal defendant for California prosecutors in an undisclosed case. Not only was he black and gay, but…
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Progress in the Fight Against AIDS and HIV
By Rod McCullom This month has seen a flurry of activity around new and exciting potential HIV-vaccine concepts. In Kenya, clinical trials began on two promising new designs for preventive HIV vaccines. In South Africa, researchers launched clinical trials for a therapeutic vaccine intended to strengthen the immune systems of people living with HIV/AIDS. And…
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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…