By: CNN Coverage Manager Shirley Henry
WASHINGTON (CNN) - President Barack Obama returned to the basketball court Saturday, but this time he stayed on the sidelines.
Obama went to Howard University to watch its men's basketball team, the Bis ...
Posted Sunday, November 28th 2010 at 8:32AM
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Announcing Amber Communications Group, Inc. eBooks
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Ebook licensing deals are now available for publishers, self-publishers and authors via Amber Communications Group, Inc. (ACGI). The company, found online at www.AmberB ...
Posted Friday, November 26th 2010 at 8:23PM
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CHICAGO (November 23, 2010) -- A founder of one of the oldest African-American history museums in the country has died.
A spokesman for the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, Raymond Ward, says Margaret Burroughs died in her sle ...
Posted Friday, November 26th 2010 at 8:13PM
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Friend --
When Michelle and I sit down with our family to give thanks today, I want you to know that we'll be especially grateful for folks like you.
Everything we have been able to accomplish in the last two years was possible because you have ...
Posted Thursday, November 25th 2010 at 10:46AM
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In the years since Min. Farrakhan gave his last televised interview, the Nation of Islam leader has survived major surgery, been forced to confront his mortality and pondered his legacy while keeping a watchful eye on the circumstances impacting the ...
Posted Wednesday, November 24th 2010 at 3:48PM
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by Dr. Charles F. Stanley
We often remember to thank Him when something positive happens in our life. But 1 Thessalonians 5:18 tells us to give thanks in all things, which includes difficult times as well as happier circumstances. Of course, thank ...
Posted Wednesday, November 24th 2010 at 12:29PM
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James Rucker, ColorOfChange.org
For decades, Black farmers across the South suffered widespread discrimination at the hands of the United States Department of Agriculture. Now they're finally getting their due, and it's in part thanks to you and mor ...
Posted Wednesday, November 24th 2010 at 11:58AM
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MADEA'S BIG HAPPY FAMILY is Now Available on DVD. Bring Madea’s family to yours this Thanksgiving.
Be blessed, Tyler ...
Posted Wednesday, November 24th 2010 at 8:38AM
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Posted By: Leroy Vaughn, author of Black People and Their Place in World History
You've seen the headlines: "Are Americans Ready for a Black President?" "Is Obama Black Enough?" "Obama: America's First Black President?"
Ever since the nation f ...
Posted Tuesday, November 23rd 2010 at 7:47PM
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James Rucker, ColorOfChange.org
Republicans in Congress are pushing to continue Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans, at the same time that they’re opposing extending unemployment insurance for people struggling to find work. Democ ...
Posted Tuesday, November 23rd 2010 at 3:51PM
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MediaTakeOut.com just heard that CRAZIEST RUMOR - but it came from a VERY CREDIBLE person.
Word in the Christian circle is that prophetess Juanita Bynum has a new love interest - Beyonce's father Mathew Knowles.
According to our source, Mathew ...
Posted Tuesday, November 23rd 2010 at 12:38PM
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Post by Raiysa Epps
In my opinion, this is a prominent issue in my life and a topic of discussion way too much. I don’t understand who put this idea in my peers of the African American communities mind. A lot of people don’t like to discuss thi ...
Posted Tuesday, November 23rd 2010 at 12:15PM
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Thanksgiving Day is approaching and this post epitomizes in my mind the reasons we should give thanks. Somebody say AMEN!
By Greg Laurie
In the Old Testament, we find an interesting story of how King Jehoshaphat took an uncommon approach when his ...
Posted Tuesday, November 23rd 2010 at 9:17AM
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I heard Sharpton on the radio talking about how they fought to stop Brotha James statue from being put up here in augusta, and how they wouldn't let him play in his own city back in the day, but now those same businesses and people own and operate bu ...
Posted Monday, November 22nd 2010 at 6:32PM
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For Chike Akua and L. Kobie Wilkerson, the Black male graduation rate in America is absolutely unacceptable. Several months ago The Schott Foundation released its report finding that the national graduation rate for Black males was a lowly 47%, natio ...
Posted Saturday, November 20th 2010 at 8:08AM
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A federal judge ordered actor Wesley Snipes to surrender to authorities Friday so he can begin serving a three-year prison sentence for tax-related crimes. U.S. District Court Judge William Terrell Hodges in Ocala, Fla., rejecte ...
Posted Friday, November 19th 2010 at 8:01PM
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Embattled rapper DMX is in trouble with the law again. The hip-hop star was arrested in Phoenix on Nov. 18 on suspicion of parole violation. The rap star, whose real name is Earl Simmons, has served two stints in jail in 2010 and most recently walked ...
Posted Friday, November 19th 2010 at 7:52PM
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Hey BWC Friends: I know its been a long day, you’re stressed and we’ve talked about some serious matters here today, so I thought I would tell you a story to try and make you smile, so here goes. Remember, you’ve got to use your imagination.
M ...
Posted Friday, November 19th 2010 at 5:41PM
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An Excerpt from Geoffrey Dunn of the Washington Post:
In passages leaked from her forthcoming book America by Heart, Sarah Palin -- the erstwhile quitter governor of Alaska, who now, by all indications, fancies herself as President of the United St ...
Posted Friday, November 19th 2010 at 4:54PM
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An Excerpt from Geoffrey Dunn of the Washington Post:
In passages leaked from her forthcoming book America by Heart, Sarah Palin -- the erstwhile quitter governor of Alaska, who now, by all indications, fancies herself as President of the United Sta ...
Posted Friday, November 19th 2010 at 2:02PM
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I have just been alerted to the fact that people are passing out key chains at gas station. Don't take them! They are tracking devices, which leads the culprit back to your home, where they will attempt to rob you. This is just crazy, but this is the ...
Posted Friday, November 19th 2010 at 10:03AM
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Singer/actress Janet Jackson is on the cover of the December 2010 issue of Health Magazine. Inside she talks about her upcoming book called True You and her role in Tyler Perry's new film For Colored Girls.
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Posted Friday, November 19th 2010 at 9:29AM
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Rap superstar Nicki Minaj recently covered an issue of Billboard Magazine. Inside she talks about her Pink Friday album, and how she gained the respect of her hip-hop colleagues.
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Posted Friday, November 19th 2010 at 9:28AM
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The two have not married in real life, but on the big screen - they have. Terrence Howard plays Nelson Mandela, and Jennifer Hudson plays his wife Winnie Mandela in "Winnie" - an upcoming film directed by Darrell J. Roodt
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Posted Friday, November 19th 2010 at 9:25AM
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A Message from: James Rucker, ColorOfChange.org
Dear Anita,
The big banks are at it again. First they targeted minority communities with subprime loans and other predatory lending schemes, helping to make Black Americans and Latinos 70% more li ...
Posted Thursday, November 18th 2010 at 10:49AM
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