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SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jan 05, 2012 -- In February 2012, "Independent Lens" will lead the celebration of Black History Month on public television with premieres of three new documentaries that shine a uni

Associated Press--Almost two centuries before there was a man named Obama in the White House, there was a man named Obama shackled in the bowels of a slave ship. There is no proof that the unidentifie

BET.com--Soul music legend Aretha Franklin has got engaged to her long-time companion William Willie Wilkerson. The 69-year-old singer and Wilkerson are to marry in the summer and are considering tyin

ClutchMagazine.com--On the first day of the New Year, Indiana will receive its first ever African-American woman mayor. Karen Freeman-Wilson, 51, was sworn in on December 31st to lead one of the natio

NEW YORK--Cops are investigating a rash of Molotov cocktail attacks in Queens late Sunday, including one on an Islamic mosque and another that set off a major house fire. Police are handling the fo

President Barack Obama signed the controversial National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law earlier today in Hawaii. CNN reports Barack Obama "reluctantly signed a defense authorization bil

ABCNews.com--Sami Chugg, 45, was diagnosed with MS in 1998 and it slowly began to attack her ability to move. The incurable disease stops the body's nerve cells communicating and she was soon so i

Happy New Year!!! May each of you be blessed to seek refuge in God and find God within yourself WITHOUT the influence of hidden agenda and outsiders answers, but WITH the solutions and keys to un

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – At this time of the year, many 20-year-olds have their minds set on the latest I-Phone, a certain brand of jacket or perhaps shoes that they want. But, such things are not prior

One day, Youngsters will learn words they will not understand, Children from India will ask: "What is hunger?" Children from Alabama will ask: "What is racial segregation?" Children from

As-Salaam Alaikum (Peace Be Unto You): The first day of the New Year should be a day of reflection, a day of prayer, a day of praise and thanks that we were blessed to make it through the last year

ABCNews.com--A secret love affair conducted in the 1940's remained unknown to an Italian woman's husband until just before Christmas. Learning of his wife's adultery the man has filed for divorce afte

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CHICAGO--Setting off a new round in his dispute with gay right activists, Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George has issued a statement defending his recent comparison of the gay rights movement to the Ku

By Peter Birkenhead December 28, 2011 The menu at the Cabin was long, one of those unwieldy, laminated mega-menus that grace the tables of roadside diners and chalets everywhere, and reflected a c

CNN--In 2006 Countrywide Financial Corporation financed 20 percent of all mortgages in the United States. In 2008 Bank of America completed the purchase of Countywide Financial Corporation (Countrywid

WASHINGTON--Across the Washington area, black students are suspended and expelled two to five times as often as white students, creating disparities in discipline that experts say reflect a growing na

Change.org--When Sandra Baker was called to pick up her 9-year-old autistic son, Chris, from his Mercer County, Kentucky school, she was stunned by what she found: She says that Chris's teacher had st

HOUSTON--R&B legend Etta James has been hospitalized in Riverside, California after suffering breathing problems. The terminally ill singer, who is battling leukemia, spent Christmas in hospital an

From The Los Angeles Times December 26, 2011 Crenshaw Boulevard and Leimert Park on Monday played host to Los Angeles' main celebration to mark the start of the African American festival of Kwanza

ABUJA, Nigeria, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Washington and other governments condemned Nigerian Christmas Day church bombings allegedly carried out by an Islamist terror sect that killed 40 people. "We condem

OHIO--Less than a year after Frito-Lay announced plans to make half their products without “any artificial or synthetic ingredients,” the $13 billion company was sued last week in federal court for al