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  • Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Indoctri-Nation Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 2:16PMThe Ministry of Indoctrination This past week Ethiopia's Ministry of Education issued a "directive" effectively outlawing distance learning (or education programs that are not delivered...
  • Crowds come out to support Jersey City's LGBT community Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 6:34PMWhen Ty Whitfield was growing up, he felt completely alone. "I thought maybe 200 people in the U.S. were gay. I was so clueless and so sheltered," he said. At 16 he tried to kill himself. Now, he makes it a point to come to such events as the Jersey City LGBT Pride Festival, being held on Exchange Place until 10 p.m. tonight. "If I had known there were things like this I might not have tried to ...
  • Booker: New school was cause of celebration for blacks Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 11:00PMIn 1915 the black community was extremely excited with the announcement that the city was making plans to build Knoxville Colored High School. For years there had been complaints about the Austin High School building at 327 Central St. that had been established in 1879. It was overcrowded, dilapidated and located in one of the city's worst crime areas in the heart of the Bowery.
  • We Remember Antonio Pettigrew: Olympic Gold Medalist Dies At 42 Wednesday, August 11, 2010 @ 1:21PM*Antonio Pettigrew who was stripped of a gold medal he won as a sprinter at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney was found dead on Tuesday. He was 42 years old.His body was found in his car in Chatham County, North Carolina, according to the AP.At the time of his death, Pettigrew worked as a track [...]
  • NBA High-5: Mike Dunleavy and the 'laugh test'; Shaquille O'Neal's wake; Jerry Sloan returns; Channing Frye, Martell ... Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 1:02PMThe Clippers sue their former coach in an attempt to not pay him.
  • Steven Ivory: Operators Are Standing By Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @ 7:52AM*I’m fascinated by Sensa. It’s a weight loss product you sprinkle onto your meal just as you would, say, salt. According to its ad, at some point while eating, you lose your appetite. You stop eating as much, and ultimately, over a period of weeks, you lose weight. It’s a fascinating claim, but while most [...]
  • The Journal of Steffanie Rivers: Crossing Boundaries and Setting Records Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @ 7:51AMAs I stepped on stage last weekend to perform the room went silent. There were at least one hundred people in the room and all eyes were on me. I wrapped my hands around the pole as I’ve done countless times before. This was only my second time performing for an audience, but there are [...]
  • The Socialist’s Journal: Homosexual PDAs Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @ 7:51AM*One of the most popular programs on television, True Blood, had commentators buzzing recently when they aired a male-male kiss. The ensuing debate raises the question of where is the line of acceptable behavior for homosexual and heterosexual displays of affection in entertainment and in society more generally.The first aspect of this issue is that [...]
  • Astrologically Speaking: Sign by Sign Forecast for the Week of August 3 to August 9, 2010 Tuesday, August 3, 2010 @ 7:51AM*ARIESA tug of war of gargantuan proportions is raging between you and the public, particularly on the 3rd. But don’t take the term “war” the wrong way. It’s a sudden explosion of attention from others, who finally notice that “je ne se quoi” you always knew you had – but with little response until now. [...]
  • Between the Lines: ‘I Read, Therefore I AM:’ Ode’ to Dr. Dolores Nehemiah Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:06AM*A community icon passed away last week. Dr. Dolores Nehemiah was a very celebrated person in the Los Angeles black community. She wasn’t a preacher, or a politician, or an athlete, or an entertainer, people we commonly associate with “everybody knows my name” celebrity. But those who know L.A., knew Dolores Nehemiah. Particularly, if you [...]
  • The Gadget Guy: iPhone 4 Vs Nexus One: The Ultimate Showdown Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:06AM*Pretend for a moment that this is chess, iOS and Android are the Kings on their respective sides, the iPhone 4 and the Nexus One would the Knights that are protecting each of their thrones. Really this is a battle between two of the most coveted devices in the industry. The nexus one which is [...]
  • Glenn’s Strategies for Well-Being: Black Issues at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 11:06AM  * In the United States, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is a health crisis for African Americans. Blacks make up 12% of the US population. However, African Americans accounted for 45% of new HIV infections and 46% of those living with HIV. The Black AIDS Institute took a media delegation to the XVIII International AIDS Conference [...]
  • The Film Strip: ‘Get Low’ Gets High Marks Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 10:51AM*It’ rare that I’ve gone to a screening of a film and all the critics there walked away singing the praises of the film. Such was the case with “Get Low” and I asked Bill Murray (Frank Quinn) if he got the sense that they were making a movie that would appeal to so many [...]
  • Pablo Manriquez: Latinos Are Underrepresented on Capitol Hill Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 10:37AMSeveral top-level Hill staffers with whom I've discussed the CHSA report have indicated that the Latino hiring deficit stems from a lack of qualified Latinos in the applicant pool.
  • The Career of a Soldier Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 1:33AMA survey of the events of two-thirds of a century--telling a story thrilling to every patriot, instructive to every observer of these times, and helpful to citizens in every station and of all beliefs who wish their country well--this man, humbly born, taught only in the nation's school, conquers a place among the great ones of the earth, restores unity to a divided people, and dies a plain ...
  • Sen. Robert Byrd dead at 92 Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 6:38AMRobert C. Byrd, 92, a conservative West Virginia Democrat who became the longest-serving member of Congress in history and used his masterful knowledge of the institution to shape the federal budget, protect the procedural rules of the Senate and, above all else, tend to the interests of his state, died at 3 a.m. Monday at Inova Fairfax Hospital, his office said.
  • Moynihans message: Why LBJ officials concern for families went unheeded Friday, June 25, 2010 @ 11:01AMPROVIDENCE - Forty-five years ago, Daniel Patrick Moynihan shook the nation with a government report that painted a bleak portrait of lower-class black life in America.
  • First Cup: Wednesday Wednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 8:38AMMichael Hunt of the Journal Sentinel: "John Hammond was the NBA's executive of the year for last season. My question now is whether a higher award might be available for Trader John. To make Dan Gadzuric finally disappear is one thing. But to make the Floppin' Dutchman and Charlie Bell go away at the same time? And get a 20-point scorer for two players who made the Maytag repair guy look like an ...
  • Reid Just May Eke Out Victory Sunday, June 6, 2010 @ 10:24PMLAS VEGAS -- If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wins re-election this fall, it will likely be because a lot of Nevada voters held their noses while pulling the lever.
  • Saint Francis remembers push for desegregation Monday, May 31, 2010 @ 8:30PMCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- "We were the first desegregated hospital in Charleston. We made national news," said Sister Virginia Yeager, who heads Saint Francis Hospitals pastoral center. "The strike of 1951 is a piece of our history, a hallmark o...
  • Steele's Pacini Vineyard: Old Vines in Talmage Sunday, May 30, 2010 @ 3:48AMWine Notes by Heidi Dickerson When Steve Tylicki moved to Mendocino County as a back-to-the-land hippie in the 1971 he had no experience growing things.
  • Black Publishers to Celebrate 70th Anniversary in New York - Advertising Capital of the World Wednesday, May 26, 2010 @ 11:07AMWASHINGTON (NNPA) - The Nation's only association of Black newspaper publishers has chosen to commemorate it's 70th year of existence in New York City - the birth place of the Black press - with a line up of civil rights giants, issues panels, glitzy gathers and a first annual Legacy of Excellence dinner.
  • Texas School Mulls Renaming Dorm Amid KKK Furor Monday, May 24, 2010 @ 1:58PMAUSTIN, Texas -- Simkins Residence Hall is the last all-male dormitory at the University of Texas. Tucked into a quiet corner of campus along Waller Creek, it was the first men's dorm with air conditioning.
  • UT Dorm Name Has KKK Link Monday, May 24, 2010 @ 10:35AMSimkins Residence Hall at the University of Texas is named for a law professor who was a Ku Klux Klan leader.
  • UT considers renaming dorm after KKK link found Thursday, May 20, 2010 @ 10:03AMSimkins Residence Hall is the last all-male dormitory at the University of Texas. Tucked into a quiet corner of campus along Waller Creek, it was the first men's dorm with air conditioning.
  • Half-century later, UT to reconsider naming of dorm for Klansman Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 10:21PMHalf-century later, UT to reconsider naming of dorm for Klansman
  • McGlowan's political fire stoked early in life Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 5:55AMTUPELO - It's 9 a.m. Wednesday, and 1st District congressional candidate Angela McGlowan is assailing the general manager of a local radio station.
  • Professor to speak at fundraising banquet Sunday, April 25, 2010 @ 11:12PMHUNTINGTON -- David J. Peavler, an assistant professor in Marshall University's Department of History since September 2009, will be the keynote speaker at the Carter G. Woodson Memorial Foundation Inc. fundraising banquet Saturday, May 1.
  • A lesson about the father of Black History Friday, April 23, 2010 @ 7:33PMCarter G. Woodson , who began adult life as a coal miner in West Virginia, is called the "Father of Black History" because he initiated publications and organizations to take seriously the investigation of the African-American experience.
  • DEBATE RAGES ABOUT HOLDING FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT ACCOUNTABLE, WEEK OF APRIL 1-7, 2010 Wednesday, April 14, 2010 @ 5:57PM(NNPA) - Tavis Smiley, popular radio and TV talk show host, and Rev. Al Sharpton, a national civil rights leader, have clarified their positions and moved on since they hotly debated President Barack Obama's Black agenda-or lack of one-on the reverend's nationally syndicated radio program.
  • DEBATE RAGES ABOUT HOLDING FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT ACCOUNTABLE, WEEK OF APRIL 1-7, 2010 Tuesday, March 30, 2010 @ 9:56PM(NNPA) - Tavis Smiley, popular radio and TV talk show host, and Rev. Al Sharpton, a national civil rights leader, have clarified their positions and moved on since they hotly debated President Barack Obama's Black agenda-or lack of one-on the reverend's nationally syndicated radio program.
  • Uniontown bakers prepared FDR's 53rd birthday cake Monday, March 22, 2010 @ 1:11AMDid You Know?
  • Haiti Debt Relief Bill Authored by Congresswoman Maxine Waters Passes the House Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 12:50PM*Washington, DC – The House of Representatives passed the Debt Relief for Earthquake Recovery in Haiti Act (H.R. 4573), authored by Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), last night.
  • Obama Donates $1.4M Nobel Prize Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 12:50PM*President Barack Obama plans to donate the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans’ families and survivors of Haiti’s earthquake, among others, drawing attention to organizations he said “do extraordinary work.”
  • Kleopatra Girl’s Ringside Report: Latin Heat Magazine Launches New TV Show Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 12:50PM*Latina women according to Bel Hernandez publisher of Latin Heat Magazine say that they want a show like The View that explores issues, concerning Latinas.
  • Errrybody’s Going to College! – Entire class of all-black, all male school accepted. Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 12:49PM*The entire senior class at Chicago’s only public all-male, all-African-American high school has been accepted to four-year colleges. At last count, the 107 seniors had earned spots at 72 schools across the nation.
  • Detroit to Close an Additional 45 Schools Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 12:49PM*Robert Bobb, the emergency financial manager for Detroit Public Schools, asked parents Monday night to get behind his academic plan, an ambitious road map to the future that envisions a smaller district with the closing of 45 more schools this year and sets dramatic targets for student achievement.
  • Debate takes inner-city students to new levels Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 9:29PMDENVER - Far from the athletic fields of Manual High School, Kahdijah James is engaged in what she calls a sport of the mind. She practices, she trains, she competes in a movement sweeping city schools across the nation.
  • AT&T Releases ‘Raising Their Voices,’ a New Study Into Causes and Solutions for the High School Dropout Crisis Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:14AMIn Response to Key Research Finding, National Education Association Takes Lead in Launching Series of Community Dialogues (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3708444.htm
  • AT&T Releases ‘Raising Their Voices,’ a New Study Into Causes and Solutions for the High School Dropout Crisis Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 1:01AMIn Response to Key Research Finding, National Education Association Takes Lead in Launching Series of Community Dialogues
  • AT&T Releases 'Raising Their Voices,' A New Study Into Causes and Solutions for the Dropout Crisis Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:30AMWith the high school dropout crisis continuing to erode our nation's educational and economic fabric, AT&T recently released, "Raising Their Voices: Engaging Students, Teachers, and Parents to Help End the High School Dropout Epidemic," the fourth in a series of ground-breaking studies by Civic Enterprises and Peter D.
  • Irene Monroe: Black Community's Division on Abortion Ad Campaign Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 2:45PMGiven the history of the exploitation of African American women's reproductive system for involuntary sterilization, medical experimentation, monetary compensation, and political gain, it's difficult for...
  • Activist says time is now for new jobs center Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 9:16PMMichael Van Leesten is rounding up support for such a center in an old theater on Broad Street in Providence
  • City leaders reflect on Black History Month Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 12:33AMAs Black History Month comes to an end, the Citizen asked local leaders, Joe Mann , CEO of Norwalk Economic Opportunity Now; Rev. Lindsay Curtis , pastor of Grace Baptist Church and president of the Norwalk Chapter of NAACP and Lynne Moore , principal of West Rocks Middle School , to share their thoughts on Black history milestones and the people who have inspired them the most.
  • News Brief Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 7:25PMUsing culture as a lens to view the black community, The African American Lectionary project in the USA is providing a one-of-a-kind technological resource designed for and by African American preachers, educators and worship leaders.
  • The Global Impact of Brown v. Board of Education Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 12:07PMThe following is an essay for our Race and the Supreme Court program by Mary L. Dudziak, professor of law and legal history at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and founder of the Legal History Blog. Professor Dudziak has published a book on Thurgood Marshall, a book on civil rights during [...]
  • Death Of Fred Douglass Tuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 1:06AMWASHINGTON, Feb. 20--Frederick Douglass dropped dead in the hallway of his residence on Anacostia Heights this evening at 7 o'clock. He had been in the highest spirits, and apparently in the best of health, despite his seventy-eight years, when death overtook him.
  • Black history: Complex heritage Sunday, January 31, 2010 @ 10:06PMWho, exactly, is the country celebrating as the monthlong celebration of black American history and culture kicks off today?
  • Frederick Douglass portrayal marks Rev. Kingâs birthday in Chatham Friday, January 22, 2010 @ 7:08AMCHATHAM – In honor of civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday this Friday, Jan. 15, Stanley Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, will host “Presenting Mr. Frederick Douglass” at 4 p.m. this Saturday, Jan. 16, at the church at 84 Fairmount Ave.
  • Dr. King looks at our schools: A retreat from the dream? Monday, January 18, 2010 @ 9:17AMIn 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Syracuse and offered a direct challenge to Central New York: As far as he was concerned, if we allow ourselves to essentially maintain segregated schools - in which the great majority of chidlren of color remain separate from the larger population - then we enact what King called "Jim Crow education."