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Joe Biden May Be a ‘White Boy,’ but He’s Got His Black Card
Vice President Joe Biden made headlines twice yesterday. He told ABC’s Barbara Walters that he won’t be standing down in the 2016 White House race, even if Hillary Clinton jumps in, saying that “Whether she runs or not will not affect my decision.” And that’s—as Biden might say—a pretty “gutsy” call. On a lighter note,…
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Washington Lobbyist Wants to Ban Gay NFL Players
A Washington lobbyist is preparing legislation to ban gay athletes from playing in the National Football League, according to Rawstory. Washington lobbyist Jack Burkman issued a statement viewed by Rawstory that states that his firm, J.M. Burkman & Associates, believes that “we are losing our decency as a nation.” The statement also asks parents to…
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How Many Slave Narratives Were There?
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. 69: How often were enslaved Americans…
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Dear Dunn Juror No. 4: You’re Wrong. Race Was a Factor
Dear Valerie: We haven’t met, but I watched your interview with ABC News’ Byron Pitts on Nightline last night. You’re a 30-something white woman who sat on the jury that deadlocked in an attempt to decide whether 47-year-old Michael Dunn was guilty of murdering then-17-year-old Jordan Davis. You said you wanted a conviction on the…
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Noose Found on Statue of 1st Black Student at the University of Mississippi
University police at the University of Mississippi are investigating who is behind the vandalism of a statue honoring integration, the Daily Mississippian reports. The student newspaper reported that officers were called early Sunday morning after a contractor discovered a rope and a “pre-2003 Georgia state flag” (containing the Confederate symbol) hung from a statue of…
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Why Are White Men Like Michael Dunn So Angry?
Why are so many white men like Michael Dunn angry? Dunn, the man found guilty Saturday on three counts of attempted second-degree murder for shooting into a car full of black teenagers at a Jacksonville, Fla., gas station after an argument over loud rap music—but not convicted of the murder of Jordan Davis, the 17-year-old slain in…
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Michael Dunn: A New Breed of Thug in Florida
Michael Dunn was strapped when he pulled into the gas station that night as Lil Reese’s “Beef” blared from the speakers of the red Dodge Durango already parked there. He let his lady know he wasn’t feeling the “thug music.” She left the car to get wine, and Dunn decided he was going to do…
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Angelo Henderson Dies, ‘Buoyant’ Pulitzer Winner
Report: Medical Examiner Cites Natural Causes Angelo B. Henderson, a Detroit radio personality who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1999 while at the Wall Street Journal, died in his home in Pontiac, Mich., Saturday, according to Detroit news reports. Henderson died “after being rushed to the hospital in the morning. The 51-year old had been…
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Media Awaits Verdict in Trial of Jordan Davis’ Killer
Jury Weighs ‘Loud-Music’ Killing: ‘Florida Again, Seriously?!’ Media Await Verdict in Death of Teenager Jordan Davis “In the national coverage of the first-degree murder case of Michael David Dunn, Jacksonville itself hasn’t really been a focus of the story,” Matt Soergel wrote this week for the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville. “Instead, attention has been squarely…
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The Affordable Care Act Takes Center Stage at the BET Honors Awards
BET Honors Show Makes Time for Affordable Care Act Aretha Franklin closed the show, Smokey Robinson delivered a stunning rendition of “The Tracks of My Tears,” and Ice Cube, Berry Gordy, photographer Carrie Mae Weems and American Express President Kenneth Chenault got their props, but in between was a public service ad for the political football known as the Affordable Care Act. The occasion…