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PBS TV SERIES "INDEPENDENT LENS" LEADS BLACK HISTORY MONTH SLATE WITH THREE NEW DOCUMENTARIES
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
EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS WANT HELP IDENTIFYING SLAVES' ORIGINS
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
ARETHA FRANKLIN ENGAGED TO LONGTIME FRIEND
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
MEET KAREN FREEMAN WILSON: GARY, INDIANA'S FIRST BLACK FEMALE MAYOR
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
FIREBOMB TOSSED AT MOSQUE IN QUEENS EYED AS HATE CRIME
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
BREAKING NEWS: PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNS NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
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
STUDY SHOWS BEE STINGS CAN CURE SYMPTOMS OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
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 2012 FAMILY!!!
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
MEET THE NEW FACES OF HOMELESSNESS
(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
FOOD FOR THOUGHT...A QUOTE FROM DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING...
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
MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN'S NEW YEAR'S DAY MESSAGE
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
99 YEAR OLD MAN DIVORCES WIFE OF 77 YEARS OVER AFFAIR
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
VIDEO: AL SHARPTON BLASTS WISCONSIN GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER ON MSNBC
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CHICAGO CATHOLIC PRIEST COMPARES GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS TO KU KLUX KLAN
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
WHY THE WHITE SOUTH IS STILL IN DENIAL ABOUT SLAVERY
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
BANK OF AMERICA TO PAY $335 MILLION IN RACE BIAS CASE
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
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS SUSPENDED AND EXPELLED TWO TO FIVE TIMES AS OFTEN AS WHITES
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
WTF: WOMAN DIES AFTER GRANDSON BEATS HER WITH A HAMMER!
TEACHER PUNISHES 9 YEAR OLD AUTISTIC BOY BY PUTTING HIM IN A DUFFEL BAG
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
SINGER ETTA JAMES HOSPITALIZED AGAIN FOR BREATHING PROBLEMS
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
HUNDREDS GATHER FOR START OF KWANZAA FESTIVAL
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
WHITE HOUSE CONDEMNS NIGERIA CHURCH BOMBINGS THAT LEFT 40 PEOPLE DEAD
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
FRITO-LAY SUED FOR LABELING ITS GMO-FILLED SNACKS AS "ALL NATURAL"
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