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Shuttle Stars: America's Black Astronauts
From Chicago, Lawrence was selected by the Air Force for astronaut training in 1967. He died a short time later in the crash of an F-104 fighter jet while instructing a student pilot at the controls. Lawrence, who held a Ph.D. in chemistry from Ohio State University, never got to fulfill his dream, but he…
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Obama's Health Care Law Clears Federal Hurdle
The Associated Press is reporting that President Obama’s health care law has cleared a federal appeals hurdle. In the first ruling by a federal appeals court on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, a panel in Cincinnati affirmed Wednesday that Congress can require Americans to have minimum insurance coverage. A conservative law center had challenged the…
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What the Harlem Renaissance Teaches About Gay Rights
One more thought on the idea of homosexuality as wrong, in light of New York state’s legalization of gay marriage last week. The historical perspective is useful in two ways. One is to show how things used to be. The other is to get a sense of how today is going to look when it…
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Gay Black Men and the Women Who Love Them
In recent news, high-profile African-American men have come out of the closet. The latest to announce that they are gay are CNN News anchor Don Lemon and Georgia State Rep. Rashad Taylor, both of whom named homophobia in the black community as one of their reasons for previously staying quiet about the matter. When I…
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John Legend Surprises Church, Michelle Travels in Style and More
Michelle Obama travels in style: The first lady gets attention for her fashion choices wherever she goes. Check out the Washington Post’s gallery of images from her trip to Africa. Russell Simmons’ prepaid card investigated: hidden fees? Simmons’ prepaid Visa card is facing scrutiny from the Florida Attorney General’s Office, which claims that the card…
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Blacks: Having the Most Homophobic Month Ever
This time of the year should be celebratory for the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community. It’s LGBT Pride Month, which was made official by President Barack Obama in 2010. New York City’s Pride events kick off this week, and in a matter of days, New York may become the most populous state in…
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Black Women and the White Men They Love
The Somali supermodel and businesswoman was set up with British rock royalty David Bowie by their shared hairdresser. “It was nerve-racking at the beginning, the first five minutes, but we got along very famously, and we have been together since then,” she said in an interview. The power couple walked down the aisle in 1992…
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Chappelle TV Rumors 'Absolutely Untrue'
Entertainment Weekly reports that Dave Chappelle is not planning a return to television, despite rumors that started last month when he made reference to planning a comeback at a stand-up show in San Francisco. Online paper the Daily wrote that the former Comedy Central star was plotting to reboot his TV career by making a…
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Odd Future: 213 Uses of 'F—-t' Not Homophobic
In today’s addition to the “I didn’t mean it that way, so it’s impossible for me to consider that you might have taken it that way” file, Odd Future’s Tyler, the Creator has shrugged off criticism of his liberal use of homophobic language (he uses the word “faggot” 213 times on one album) after attracting…
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Samuel Jackson Reads 'Go the F— to Sleep,' and More
Samuel Jackson reads Go the F—- to Sleep: When novelist and author Adam Mansbach was dealing with his daughter’s countless sleepless nights, he took to writing down his feelings on the fairly frustrating matter. What resulted was Go the F—- To Sleep, a picture book expressing many parents’ most frustrated bedtime sentiments. Now you can…