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February 2007 - Posts

• HIV rate continues to climb in black community

  By Dahleen Glanton CHICAGO TRIBUNE ATLANTA - More than 25 years into the AIDS epidemic, HIV continues to soar in the black community, accounting for more than half of the newly diagnosed infections in the U.S. in a recent yearly assessment by the Centers Read More... Posted Monday, February 12, 2007 6:18 PM by publisher | 0 Comments

• Big piece of civil rights history is falling apart

  By Jerry Mitchell The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger MONEY, Miss. — Years of neglect and the battering winds of Hurricane Katrina have all but destroyed the country store where the crime that galvanized the civil rights movement began. The events at Read More... Posted Monday, February 12, 2007 5:49 PM by publisher | 0 Comments

• Ivy League University May Use Eminent Domain in West Harlem

  Is it Boon or Gentrification? By Renee Morway Fox News reported today that Columbia University may try to use eminent domain to acquire the 17 acres from 125 th to 133 rd Streets in New York City known as Manhattan Ville. The University claims expansion Read More... Posted Monday, February 12, 2007 1:49 PM by publisher | 0 Comments

• Black summit draws thousands to Va.

  Sat Feb 10, 5:13 PM ET HAMPTON, Va. - Beneath an oak tree on the campus of what is now Hampton University, historians say, Virginia blacks heard a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation and began to dream of a better life. On Saturday, more than 8,000 Read More... Posted Monday, February 12, 2007 1:37 PM by publisher | 0 Comments

• Obama dismisses race as decisive factor

  Posted on : Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:08:00 GMT | Author : General News Editor News Category : US (World) NEW YORK, Feb. 11 Illinois Sen. Barack Obama says the fact he is African-American will not be the decisive factor in his bid for the White House. Speaking Read More... Posted Monday, February 12, 2007 1:33 PM by publisher | 0 Comments