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MLK's Notes and Papers Debut Online
A large and comprehensive collection of Martin Luther King Jr.’s documents is now available online. The collection, consisting of nearly 1 million documents, will be available at the King Center Imagine Project. You can find them here.There are letters and telegrams that show correspondence between King and the likes of John F. Kennedy, Thurgood Marshall…
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MLK Was More Than a Dreamer
In the years since his assassination, I have been troubled by what I consider to be the co-opting of Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision. What has troubled me over the years is how his revolutionary message has been hijacked, compromised and relegated to being that of just a dreamer. People are comfortable with dreamers. Why?…
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Why Santorum's Comment Isn't Racist
Just days after surging out of underfunded campaign obscurity to a photo finish with presumed GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses, former two-term U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania got himself in hot water for telling a Sioux City, Iowa campaign crowd that “I don’t want to make black people’s lives better…
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Black Dating: Love, Fear, Pressure and Bridezillas
In a blog entry at The Root DC, Nicole Moliere writes about the unflagging misperception that all single black women are desperate to find a mate. It’s time to flip the script, she says. I once wrote that “family” is the original “F” word, but when it comes to dating and relationships, another word that…
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Top 5 of All Time: Jay-Z Fatherhood Songs
The most anticipated baby of the year is here! Or it’s on its way. Or it has here been here for months and its birth was kept under wraps. Or there is no baby at all and we’ve all been duped by an impressive public relations team. I am, of course, referring to the progeny…
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Kid Cudi Heartbroken Over Dead Fan's Video
An Austin, Texas, teenager who died on Christmas Day of a heart attack and was a huge fan of Kid Cudi touched the heart of the rapper, according to the Dailly News. Ben Breedlove, 18, posted two videos on YouTube shortly before his death. In the videos, Breedlove silently told his story through a series…
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Drake Fan Tattoos His Name on Her Forehead
When rap star Drake rhymed the lines, “Tat my name on you girl so I know it’s real,” he never thought someone would take it literally — especially on her forehead. The Toronto rapper is furious after a photo leaked online of an unidentified devoted fan with his name across her forehead. “I want to…
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Man Gets 14 Years for Burning Black Church
The second of three Springfield, Mass., men termed “shiftless and pathetic” by a judge was sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison for burning the city’s predominantly black Macedonia Church of God in Christ to the ground just after President Barack Obama was elected. Michael F. Jacques Jr., 27, was convicted of a civil rights…
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Editor Resigns After Racist Rihanna Headline
The joke’s on you, Eva Hoeke. The editor-in-chief of popular Dutch magazine Jackie has resigned after a worldwide outcry arose over a headline titled “Ultimate Niggabitch,” referring to singer Rihanna and her style of dress. Eva Hoeke offered a half apology of sorts yesterday, saying that she regrets publishing the piece but that it was…
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Op-Ed Brings Fear of Cops to Life
It’s been a while since a young black man wrote such an opinion piece in the New York Times, and on Monday, the comments were cut off at 634. There were more, though, in other social media. “. . . One evening in August of 2006, I was celebrating my 18th birthday with my cousin…