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Madison, WI--Charlayne Hunter-Gault didn't plan on becoming a civil rights hero. She just wanted to go to school. But her own personal courage and determination to exercise her right to a public educa

May you be blessed with happiness, peace, motivation and success this year!

The Concerned Coalition to Protect Prisoner Rights held a press conference on Jan. 6, 2011, to discuss the physical assaults perpetrated on inmates by prison staff. The attacks took place in the w

Second-born children conceived within one year of their older sibling’s birth are more likely to be diagnosed with autism than children born farther apart, new research suggests. The study, publis

From Newsweek.com January 9, 2010 It was announced last summer that total student loan debt, at $830 billion, now exceeds total US credit card debt, itself bloated to the bubble level of $827 bill

According to a law enforcement memo based on information provided by DHS and obtained by Fox News, Jared Loughner, the alleged shooter of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, may have been influenced by

NEW ORLEANS--Denease Sorapuru and Michael Henderson came to Destrehan Plantation on Saturday afternoon for an event commemorating an 1811 slave revolt. Both described themselves as of Creole descent a

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Nine days before Martin Luther King's birthday, a historical barrier was reached, as the Ohio Supreme Court swore in it's first black female justice at the King Arts Complex on Colum

Critics who suggest that Oprah Winfrey's new OWN network could use a little more racial diversity found a gentle supporter in Sheila Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television. Johnson,

(CNN) -- An American school founder who young Haitian men once hailed as a savior was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 20 years in prison for sexually abusing them. Douglas Perlitz, 40, was sentenced in

This Sunday, about 4 million Sudanese in the war-torn Southern part of the country will go to the polls to cast their ballots in a referendum to decide if they should remain a part of Africa's largest

(Received through my Google account) Friend -- House Republicans are moving forward to repeal all provisions of health reform, with a final vote scheduled for next week. If they get their way

From GlobalResearch.com January 6, 2010 Suppose you were a person who painted the exteriors of houses, and that one August afternoon you were close to completing a job when you noticed a thunderst

1. The Wiz (1978) Two names: Michael Jacson and Diana Ross. Need we say more? This black remake of the Wizard of Oz is one of those films every black person has seen not once, but more likely, twice.

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WASHINGTON--A new crisis has erupted in U.S.-Venezuelan relations after Washington responded to Caracas’ refusal to welcome the United States’ proposed envoy to Venezuela by revoking the visa of Venez

QUEEN By Sister Siebra Muhammad I'm a lady a Queen I'm not here for your needs But for the needs of my own See me sitting on this throne When your free you cannot hide Or sit around wai

From GlobalResearch.com January 3, 2010 The longest-serving Supreme Court Justice doesn't believe women's rights are necessarily protected by the Constitution. In a recent interview with Californ