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Black Conservatives Bar Press from National Gathering
A throng of black conservatives is meeting at the National Press Club today and, somewhat ironically, barring the press from their proceedings. More than a dozen right-wing African American leaders—some of them more infamous than famous—are set to speak at the event, including Alan Keyes, Star Parker, Timothy F. Johnson of the Frederick Douglass Foundation,…
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Your Take: Guns and Divisive Rhetoric to Honor Lincoln and King?
A disturbing magazine cover recently crossed my desk, announcing in big, bold print that Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and the NRA will be hosting a “Restoring Honor” rally in August. It’s being held at the Lincoln Memorial, a place that honors America’s most revered president — the one who saved our union, freed African slaves…
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Black Power: Brooklyn Represents?
Once upon a time, the ultimate concentration of black political power in Brooklyn lay in Weeksville, a strategically planned village of free black property holders that began in 1838 in what is now Bedford-Stuyvesant. “Weeksville was created to be a political base,” says Jennifer Scott, director of research at the Weeksville Heritage Center. The settlement…
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Why the Media Aren't Giving Obama Credit
Even Journalists Raise Questions After Latest Victory “I’ve been scratching my head over this for the past year: Does President Obama get credit for the things he does right?” media writer Howard Kurtz wrote for the Washington Post on Friday. “We all know about the things he does wrong, because the media have made that…
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Mel Gibson's Mouth: A Lethal Weapon
It seems that America’s former favorite heartthrob and actor just can’t keep his demons to himself. You may remember when he got pulled over for drunk driving some years back, he made anti-Semitic remarks to the highway patrol officer. It seems this time, the mother of his eighth child, Oksana Grigorieva, is the object of…
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Dancing Through Tough Times
You can find thrilling black dance companies in every part of the country, a fantastic improvement over the situation 50 years ago when dancers of color could hardly find a professional troupe to join. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Dance Theatre of Harlem started the revolution: The first was the triumph of…
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Oscar Grant Watch: Intense Defense Testimony Grips Courtroom
Oscar Grant’s close friend Jackie Bryson, who was on the train platform with Grant when he was killed, testified on behalf of the plaintiff. Bryson proved a formidable witness against the defense with his recounting of Grant’s shooting, which came after three hours of combative back and forth with defense attorney Michael Rains. Some of…
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Seattle: The Punch, the Past and the Connection
For the past week, courtesy of a video on YouTube, it’s been the punch thrown ’round the world: On June 14, during an arrest for jaywalking and a fracas that resulted from that arrest, a Seattle police officer punched a teenager in the face after she shoved the officer while being arrested. The teenager who…
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Is BP's Escrow Account the Right Move Now?
On Wednesday the White House released a statement explaining that BP had agreed to set aside $20 billion for an escrow account through which legitimate claims of damages resulting from the Gulf oil spill would be paid. Kenneth Feinberg, who formerly headed the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, will be the independent claims administrator, and…
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Celebrating Black Fathers and Sons in Film
Based on the true story of Chris Gardner and starring real-life father-son duo Will and Jaden Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness follows Gardner (Will Smith) and Christopher Jr. (Jaden Smith) as they sleep in a church’s homeless shelter and even in a San Francisco train station bathroom while Chris struggles through an unpaid internship at…