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Richard Prince's Book Roundup
Richard Prince’s Book Notes™: Compelling Nonfiction After 44 years behind bars, the nation’s most famous prison journalist tells his story. A black journalist reaches the highest reaches of the New York Times newsroom, only to topple in a tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions. Women examine their multifaceted status in 21st century journalism. Now it can be…
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My Friend's Weight-Loss Surgery is Wednesday
My friend Rachel* is having gastric bypass surgery in Charlotte on Wednesday. I’m both happy and concerned for her. I’m happy she’ll finally be able lose all the weight she wants. I’m scared because of possible complications, even though her quality of life should increase dramatically soon after. There are a lot of stats out…
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Lena Horne Was a Friend to the Press
The late CBS correspondent Ed Bradley was fond of saying, “When I get to the pearly gates and St. Peter asks what have I done to gain entry, I’ll say, `Have you seen my Lena Horne interview?’ “ In that classic 1981 piece for “60 Minutes” [video], “he got the legendary performer to candidly discuss…
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Today in Postracialism: 32 Black Republicans Running for Congress
In the largest such black Republican surge since Reconstruction, 32 hopefuls are on the ballot for this fall’s congressional elections: The House has not had a black Republican since 2003, when J. C. Watts of Oklahoma left after eight years. But now black Republicans are running across the country — from a largely white swath of…
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Taking a Costly Stand on Arizona
When Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed the nation’s toughest immigration law, Arizona Senate Bill 1070, it instantly put the nation’s oldest African-American college fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc., in a tough spot. With their national convention scheduled to take place this July in Phoenix, Alpha Phi Alpha General President Herman “Skip” Mason and its board…
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VIDEO: Watch Obama at White House Correspondents' Dinner
President Barack Obama brought it at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner last night in Washington, DC. All bets are off in the roast-like atmosphere of the annual black-tie shindig attended by thousands of political and media elites. Watch the video in two parts, below: PART 1 PART 2 To watch the entire address at…
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Single-Minded: Plowing Through the Oprah Bio
As it stands, “internationally acclaimed investigative biographer” Kitty Kelley’s latest offering, Oprah: A Biography, reads more like a middle-school book report than a well-researched, heavily reported, and revelation-laden expose. Footnotes would have been greatly appreciated. It reminded me of one I wrote in seventh grade on France. I waited until the 11th hour and, instead…
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A Service Fit for a Queen
President Barack Obama strode to the podium Thursday morning at Washington National Cathedral, 41 minutes into Dr. Dorothy Height’s funeral. His presence alone indicated the 98-year-old’s significance in American history, which she impacted for the better part of the 20th century as a civil rights and human rights pioneer. Not that Wednesday’s services at Howard…
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WATCH: Dorothy Height Funeral Service
Beginning at 10 a.m. EST, the funeral service for Dorothy Height will be conducted at Washington National Cathedral and is open to the public. Following the service—which will include a eulogy by President Obama—Dr. Height will be interred at Fort Lincoln cemetery in Maryland. The service is scheduled to air live on C-SPAN 3 beginning…
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Do You Have Your 'Hood Pass?
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama aroused some controversy by checking “African American” on his U.S. Census form. He’s black, some say. No, he’s half-white, declare others. If blackness is more of a social construct than a biological one, what are its social definitions? Its dating and marriage choices? An identification fostered on Hawaiian basketball…