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Neglected Cemeteries Reveal History’s Priority
I’m into cemeteries. This is an accidental development. When my dad died in 2011, he left behind a photo of himself and eight other African-American seniors standing shoulder to shoulder behind two headstones. One is inscribed “Matthew Palmer. Died Feb 26, 1927, Aged 86.” I knew only that Matthew was my great-grandfather. No one else…
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Obama May Not Worry About His Safety. We Do
The 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination generated extensive media coverage of what happened that fateful day in Dallas, fresh discussion of conspiracy theories about who was really responsible and nostalgia for the glamour of “Camelot,” in particular the 35th president and his iconic wife, Jackie. But one less-covered angle was the impact…
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Love Terrence Howard, but Don't Like Terrence Howard
The Best Man Holiday may be surpring industry insiders with another strong performance at the box office this weekend, but it isn’t a surprise to long-time fans of the original Best Man and its dynamic cast. Among that cast, though, is a man who nearly kept me from seeing the movie, a man of whom…
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White Writers Join N-Word Debate
Wise”>” ‘You Don’t Get It; You’re White’ . . . Doesn’t Work for Me” White writers are coming forward to say they cannot sit on the sidelines in the debate over who can use the “N-Word,” if anyone. The latest is Mike Wise, Washington Post sports columnist, who responded in Friday’s printed Post, “I deserve…
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Miami Gardens Police Arrested a Man 62 Times for Trespassing Where He Works
Suppose you were a clerk at a convenience store and the police arrested you there 62 times on one charge: trespassing. You read that right. Arrested multiple times for trespassing while at your place of employment. What’s going on? Well, that’s what Miami Gardens, Fla., store owner Alex Saleh is trying to figure out. One…
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JFK’s 1963 Race Speech Made Him an African-American Icon
President John F. Kennedy’s tragic assassination 50 years ago today had a profound impact on American race relations. A president who, during his last six months in office, acknowledged that “civil rights has become everything” embraced the movement and in the process helped not only to solidify his personal legend but also to transform a…
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Oprah Winfrey, Bayard Rustin Among Medal of Freedom Recipients
Recognized for their outstanding contributions to the United States, four African Americans received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in a Wednesday morning ceremony at the White House. In a presentation in the East Room attended by first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, President Obama awarded this year’s…
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Why Blacks Loved John F. Kennedy
<a href=”http://mije.org/node/8141/#JFK”>Journalists Shared in Determined Hope of the Era Fifty years after John F. Kennedy’s assassination, it’s easy for some to dismiss his brief presidency, as conservative commentator Brit Hume did on “Fox News Sunday.” Hume, a senior political analyst for FOX News Channel, said of Kennedy on Sunday, “despite the thinness of the record…
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Politicians Mess Up, but They Keep Their Jobs
What do Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Toronto Mayor Rob Ford have in common? Each politician, along with other political brothers-in-arms, faces a serious credibility crisis. Charges of plagiarism have Paul looking like a Bluegrass State punk, just when he was coasting along toward his 2016 presidential ambitions. And what about Ford? It’s a great…
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How Black Was JFK's Camelot?
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. 55:…