Would MLK Want a Memorial or a Revolution?

Would MLK want a memorial or a revolution? In an op-ed for the New York Times, Cornel West mourns the "absence of a King-worthy narrative to reinvigorate poor and working people" and calls for "a revolution in our priorities." Suggested Reading Story Behind The Shocking Moment That Ruined Rapper Lil Mama’s Career Three Friends Were…

Would MLK want a memorial or a revolution? In an op-ed for the New York Times, Cornel West mourns the "absence of a King-worthy narrative to reinvigorate poor and working people" and calls for "a revolution in our priorities."

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African Union pledges $380 million in famine aid: The African Development Bank announced in a statement a donation of $300 million for long-term development in the Horn of Africa, to be spent by 2013. African nations also pledged $28.8 million in food donations during the conference, held at the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia's capital.

Latinos outnumber African Americans in college: The number of Latino students enrolled at U.S. colleges has surpassed the number of African-American students on campus for the first time, researchers at the Pew Hispanic Center have found.

Researchers to tackle high breast-cancer rates in black women: A team of researchers co-led by Julie Palmer of the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University has been awarded $19.3 million from the National Cancer Institute to study why African-American women are more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer and at a younger age, with poorer prognoses, than women of European descent.ย 

In other news: Minority Babies Almost the Majority.

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