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Manning Marable's Students Remember Him
In his moving tribute to Manning Marable, black-studies scholar Michael Eric Dyson, a professor of sociology at Georgetown University, writes, “Marable nurtured and guided a veritable tribe of graduate students and junior professors as they sought sure footing in the academy.” Here are the recollections of some members of that “veritable tribe,” many of whom…
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Obama Honors First Black Commerce Secretary
Today in New York City, President Barack Obama participated in the United States Mission to the United Nations Building dedication of the federal building in memory of the late Ron Brown, a Democratic trailblazer and the first black commerce secretary. Brown served in the Clinton administration after helping him win the 1992 presidential election as…
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The Bitter Battle Over Voter ID
On the list of types of state legislation with the potential for big national impact, voter identification is right up there with moves to reduce collective-bargaining rights of public-sector unions. Such efforts, which would require voters to provide ID at the polls, are being voted on amid fierce debate in many states. But are they…
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Elizabeth Taylor Tributes Touch on Race
Story Includes “Cleopatra,” Civil Rights, Michael Jackson “I did a short story on her when she held a news conference in D.C. to promote the play, ‘The Little Foxes’ that she was starring in at the Warner Theater,” Brenda Wilson, then reporting for NPR, recalled for Journal-isms on Wednesday. “The then Mrs. Warner was a…
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In Loleatta's Honor: Top Underground Club Singers
Loleatta Holloway arguably possessed one of the most recognizable voices in disco and house music. Her 1980 collaboration with songwriter-producer Dan Hartman on “Love Sensation” set dance floors on fire. The song — and Holloway’s career — enjoyed a second wind a decade later when it was sampled by both Black Box for “Ride on…
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Black Women Who Rule the Art Scene
The doyenne of African-American art, Catlett, who died April 2, 2012, devoted three-quarters of a century to teaching and making art “relevant to her people.” This is an approach she had taken since the 1920s and ‘30s, when she worked in the mural division of the Works Progress Administration. With advanced degrees in art history,…
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Ain't I a Victim?
“Where were [her parents] when this girl was seen wandering at all hours with no supervision and pretending to be much older?” —Kisha Williams, Cleveland, Texas, resident, in “Girl’s Sex Assault Rocks Cleveland,” Houston Chronicle I’m pretty sure that when James C. McKinley, a reporter for the New York Times, filed “Vicious Assault Shakes Texas…
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Meet the Nation's Top Black Economists
The Atlanta Post has profiled eight of the top African-American economists in a gallery revealing that despite their profession’s less-than-sexy rep, they’re up to some interesting and important stuff. Not to mention, their points of view and priorities are as diverse as the black community itself. Some highlights: Roland Fryer decided to study economics because…
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AOL Cuts 900 Jobs, Says Black Voices Spared
Ken Strickland, a veteran producer in NBC News’ Washington bureau, was named deputy bureau chief Friday by Antoine Sanfuentes, the recently named Washington bureau chief.The appointment means a Hispanic journalist and a black one will remain in the top two spots in the bureau. “He will work with me to manage the day-to-day operation of…
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Notorious HIV: The Criminal Prosecution of a Virus
In Texas, a man is serving 35 years in prison for spitting at a police officer. In the state of Washington, a 19-year-old college student sits behind bars on first-degree assault charges for having unprotected sex with his girlfriend. A Georgia woman was sentenced to eight years in prison after consensual sex without a condom,…