Be Grateful & Learn To Appreciate The Small Things In Life: Its A Beautiful Day And I Can't See It! ...
Posted Tuesday, April 19th 2011 at 10:07AM
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This is the most important show to me since my mom passed," Kanye West revealed, as a hush fell over the capacity crowd on closing night of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
In the middle of a powerful hits-filled set that also feature ...
Posted Tuesday, April 19th 2011 at 10:01AM
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A North Carolina woman who stirred national headlines when she accused three Duke University student-athletes of rape is now herself accused of murder, a county law enforcement official said Monday.
Crystal Mangum, 32, was charged Monday with murd ...
Posted Tuesday, April 19th 2011 at 10:00AM
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A 23-year-old exchange student, attacked in her Toronto apartment while a friend in China watched via computer webcam, was found dead there hours later, police say.
Toronto Police on Monday identified the student as Qian (Necole) Liu of Beijing. S ...
Posted Tuesday, April 19th 2011 at 9:58AM
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The name of New York’s famed “Wall Street” came from the wall built to protect from “marauding” Native Americans and to separate “civilized folks” from the slave trading done on the wall’s other side? ...
Posted Wednesday, April 13th 2011 at 5:02PM
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There are many reasons why African Americans do not have the legacy of success enjoyed by other racial groups and emigrants to America. In celebration of Black History Month here are some financial American History facts from our Did You Know sectio ...
Posted Wednesday, April 13th 2011 at 4:57PM
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Although there are many real external obstacles that keep black men from living the lives that we want, often times the biggest barriers are internal and start with our way of thinking. In many cases the real understanding of racism, corruption, poo ...
Posted Wednesday, April 13th 2011 at 4:54PM
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ATLANTA – Thirty-seven year-old Tonya Pinkston was raised by her parents to get a good education, a good job, and to contribute to society. But, something happened while she was climbing that ladder to success – she was laid off three times.
"I ha ...
Posted Wednesday, April 13th 2011 at 4:51PM
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By Cyril Josh Barker, Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News –
As the country begins to take a first look at its population by the numbers, Black Americans are getting a startling story. In major cities across the country, census num ...
Posted Wednesday, April 13th 2011 at 4:41PM
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Lil Wayne Squashes Rumors About A New Girlfriend, Looking For Female Ball Player "Skylar Diggin"! "Ya Owe My Girl An Apology" + Carter IV Dropping May 16th ...
Posted Wednesday, April 13th 2011 at 4:15PM
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pecial to the NNPA from the AFRO-American newspapers –
Morgan State University will receive a landmark $28.5 million portion of a massive $95.8-million, five-year grant from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The grant, which allows the East Baltim ...
Posted Wednesday, April 13th 2011 at 4:01PM
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ATLANTA – Hundreds of dignitaries and guests attended a reception in the Atlanta University Center recently to honor the city's first Black mayor and launch an exhibit to display artifacts from his years in political and community activism.
The ex ...
Posted Wednesday, April 13th 2011 at 3:59PM
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By Saeed Shabazz, Special to the NNPA from the Final Call –
NEW YORK - Activists here used the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to call out the Obama administration on the persistent issue of discrimination and racial ...
Posted Wednesday, April 13th 2011 at 3:58PM
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President Barack Obama went to New York last week with a renewed vigor to address the National Action Network’s annual gala. He hit on several key points as he praised the organization’s 20 years of existence. The now-confirmed candidate for the 2012 ...
Posted Wednesday, April 13th 2011 at 3:55PM
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Education over incarceration is the message of a report released by the NAACP. The nation’s oldest civil rights organization is challenging America to re-evaluate its spending priorities in the report, titled “Misplaced Priorities: Under Educate, Ove ...
Posted Wednesday, April 13th 2011 at 3:54PM
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NNPA) When the now infamous allegations against Bishop Eddie Long first surfaced, the world – and specifically the African American community – paused for a seemingly endless moment. Attempting to cope with the complexity of the situation, we began q ...
Posted Wednesday, April 13th 2011 at 3:52PM
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hypocritical tolerance has been going on in the church for years its just more in the main stream African Americans do not even know that they play into and help to reinforce the African American stereotypes . They believe that the African American s ...
Posted Tuesday, April 12th 2011 at 2:37PM
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