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Three-Point-Two Percent: Black Male Undergrads At Princeton
[Commentary]A couple weeks ago, a friend showed me a video made by Sy Stokes, an undergraduate student at UCLA.In his video, Stokes voices his concerns about the scarcity of black male undergraduates...
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We, The People: Remembering Freedom Summer
Bob MosesPreamble to the U.S. Constitution: We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense,...
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Picking Up The Pieces From A Failed Land Grab Project In Tanzania
Tanzania's Minister for Land, Housing and Urban Settlements, Anna Tibaijuka[Land Grab In Africa]KISARAWE, Tanzania— I arrived in Tanzania, one of the frontlines in the battle over land grabs in Africa,...
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Senator Schumer Deplores Killing Of Three Teenagers Kidnapped In Israel
Senator Charles SchumerThe bodies of three teenagers kidnapped in Israel 18 days ago were discovered today. They are: Naftali Fraenkel, 16, an American-Israeli citizen; his friend Gilad Shaar, also 16;...
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De Blasio Welcomes NYPD's Most Diverse Graduating Class
Mayor Bill De Blasioright shown with Police Commissioner Bill Bratton MAYOR DE BLASIO'S REMARKS AT THE NYPD GRADUATION CEREMONYThank you very much. First of all, it is my distinct honor to say...
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France: Nicolas Sarkozy Detained For Questioning Over Alleged Corruption
Nicolas SarkozyUnprecedented move against a former French president as investigators also question his lawyer and two magistratesFormer French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been taken into police...
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Why Jeremiah Wright Still In The Dog House
Rev. Jeremiah Wright [Beneath The Spin]In an article written for ThyBlackMan.com, Rev. R. Joaquin Willis asked why is Rev. Jeremiah Wright still in the dog house. He asked:"Why is Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A....
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CHILD MARRIAGE - NIGERIA'S OTHER SCOURGE
Jun. 30 (GIN) – Nearly 300 school-age girls are still in the hands of Boko Haram, a Nigerian terrorist group, but they’re not the only group of young women yanked from school against their will and...
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NIGERIAN COMIC TURNS ON FANS OFFENDED BY RAPE JOKE
Jun. 30 (GIN) – A popular Nigerian comic is losing fans fast as he goes on the attack over a rape joke that fell flat.The joke sparked an exodus of fans who abandoned the comedian Bright Okpocha aka...
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BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS GET NEW CHANCE TO RECOUP STOLEN LANDS
Jun. 30 (GIN) - South Africa will restart the claims process that provides compensation to black families who were illegally removed from their land during white rule. The window for those claims had...
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OBIANG CONDEMNS WESTERN 'MEDDLING' AT AU SUMMIT
Jun. 30 (GIN) – At a summit last week of African heads of state, the president of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea strongly rebuked western countries for “interfering” in Africa, and urged leaders to end...
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ISIS: How Selective Corporate Media Coverage Edangers Global Peace And...
ISIS --not out of nowhere[Black Star News Editorial]When Corporate Media Downplays Inconvenient Truths -- The Emergence Of ISIS A toxic-brew of armies and militias in Syria and Iraq now makes it...
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Mother-in-law Of Sejusa, The Exiled Ugandan General And Dictator Museveni's...
Exiled Ugandan Gen. David Sejusa[Passings]Compatriots,This is to inform you about the passing of our mother Joyce Kemitano. She died at 11.30pm on 30 June 2014.She was 85.Unfortunately, her daughter,...
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Warning: Fireworks And The 4th of July Sorrow
Looks spectacular but remember some of the consequences[The Fourth Of July]While we are all gearing up for the great celebration of this country’s Independence, at the risk of “raining on your parade”,...
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World Cup Brazil 2014: U.S. Soccer Comes Of Age
The heroic Tim Howard A U.S. goalie almost single handedly wills his team over powerful Belgian squadEven though the United States was knocked out from the tournament U.S. soccer may have come of age...
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Fifty Years Later: Recalling Historic And Transformative Civil Rights Act
President ObamaStatement by the President on the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964In 1964, President Johnson put pen to paper and signed the Civil Rights Act into law. Fifty years...
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Poisoned Legacy: George Bush, Dick Cheney, And The Tragedy Of Iraq
Bush and Cheney -- architects of disaster that still haunts U.S.[Speaking Truth To Power]As Iraq continues to burn amid the raising body count, more and more regular Americans must seriously begin to...
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The Civil Rights Act – 50 Years Later
President Johnson and Dr. KingMany died. Millions suffered.On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a Civil Rights Act outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or...
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2014: The Meaning of July Fourth For The African American
Frederick Douglass From Frederick Douglass's "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro - 1852": “I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this...
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Cutting Hair For Health Charities: Diabetes, Cancer, HIV/Aids
[Health Care]Cutting for a Cure is back to host its 2014 48-Hour Health Fair and Haircutting Marathon at Denny Moe’s Superstar Barbershop in Harlem.Beginning 10AM on July 11th to 10AM on July 13th,...
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