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Top news stories personally selected by the publishers for their relevance to the BlackAmerican community.
August 2007 - Posts
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Federal agents spied on the widow of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for several years after his assassination in 1968, according to newly released documents that reveal the FBI worried about her following in the footsteps of the slain civil rights icon. Read More...
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Raleigh: Melvin McNeill, speaks with Shani Galloway, a teacher at Sparc Academy as his daughters look for their desks. McNeill walked his daughters to school as part of the Million Father March. Bryan Harris helps his daughters, Jessica, Shirley, and Read More...
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© 2007 Amanda Edwards / Getty Images In new court papers filed by BOBBY BROWN , the superstar is asking to see more of BOBBI KRISTINA , his daughter with ex WHITNEY HOUSTON . Bobby says he has been unable to spend time with Bobbi Kristina since he and Read More...
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DMX A chunky textured substance seized from the bedroom of DMXs Cave Creek, Arizona home last week was not an illegal drug, according to investigators. "We're still looking at what type of powder that is," Sheriff Joe Arpaio said, according to the Associated Read More...
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The African American community has always held those of the ablest bodies in high regard. From the mythical John Henry making his hammer sing, to the great Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color line with a mighty bat swing. From the gazelle-like strides Read More...
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Republican Fred Thompson, whose entry into the presidential race has been long anticipated, will officially launch his candidacy Sept. 6 in a Webcast on his campaign site, followed by a five-day tour of early primary states, the Associated Press has learned. Read More...
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H. Richard Milner, Betts Assistant Professor of Education and Human Development Helping African American males succeed in urban schools can seem like an intractable problem, but applying some basic principles that empower teachers and students is a key Read More...
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With an assist from filmmaker Spike Lee, CNN's Soledad O'Brien took a chance on some amateurs in hopes of getting fresh perspectives on New Orleans' recovery at K+2. Almost all of the footage for "Children of the Storm," a CNN "Special Investigations Read More...
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Two brothers were indicted on hate crime charges Tuesday for allegedly inciting a fight with two black teenagers that stopped traffic on Riverside Avenue in downtown Medford last week. A Jackson County grand jury handed down intimidation and attempted Read More...
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Construction of Harlem Park, a 21-story office building, is slated to begin at the site of an empty lot at the corner of 125th St. and Park Avenue There was much to be excited about in February 2005 when then-Governor George Pataki and Mayor Michael Bloomberg Read More...
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According to Wikipedia, "'Fashion police' refers to ... an imaginary police force that makes sure that people dress according to fashion." Now Atlanta City councilman C.T. Martin no longer wants the fashion police to be just "imaginary." He has proposed Read More...
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A pregnant Foxy Brown remains locked away on Rikers Island, despite attempts to get an early release from the correctional facility. Yesterday, Criminal Court Judge Laura Ward denied Brown's plea for an early exit after spending five days incarcerated. Read More...
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Suspended Atlanta Falcons player Michael Vick canceled an appearance on the "Tom Joyner Morning Show" on Tuesday because his advisers told him to, the radio host said. The Dallas-based show continued promoting the appearance Monday, the same day Vick Read More...
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It is either the greatest diamond find in history, or a case of fool's gold. The diamond claim was met with scepticism South Africa's diamond industry was surprised by reports that a small mining firm had found a stone estimated at 7,000 carats, twice Read More...
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Black contractors on Tuesday said they have been frozen out of the rebuilding of this city because federal agencies continue to dole out millions of dollars to large corporations. At a news conference, the local chapter of the National Association of Read More...
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One would think that after beating the crap out of your wife, (under the pretense of reconciliation) you would go somewhere and sit down...you know, "be still." If the general marital discontent between Bishop Weeks and Juanita Bynum wasn't clue enough Read More...
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“The View” lineup now features, from left, a very pregnant Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters and Joy Behar. ABC has unveiled the new official promo shot for “The View,” and “ Access Hollywood ” has confirmed the show’s first guest Read More...
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Bo Diddley is known for the "Bo Diddley beat," featured in songs such as "Bo Diddley" and "Who Do You Love." Bo Diddley was in stable condition at a Florida hospital after suffering a heart attack, his publicist said Tuesday. The 78-year-old singer-guitarist Read More...
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By Jemele Hill Twice during the height of Paris Hilton's jailhouse saga, MSNBC made the controversial decision to shelve segments on the strange disappearance of 22-year-old Stepha Henry – an African-American woman who mysteriously vanished on vacation Read More...
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Doug Wilder predicts Barack Obama could shatter the GOP's virtual lock on the South. Photo by AP L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia, who made history as the nation's first elected black governor, is preparing to campaign aggressively for Barack Obama, and Read More...
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Pop-music star Janet Jackson was on hand to posthumously honor Althea Gibson, the 1957 U.S. National Championships winner. A stadium full of tennis fans swayed and sang along as Aretha Franklin belted out the familiar refrain of her anthem: R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Read More...
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Michael Vick arrives at court Monday morning flanked by his attorneys. The suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback pleaded guilty to a federal dogfighting conspiracy charge. Standing erect and answering questions with soft, short responses, NFL star Michael Read More...
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White House hopeful Barack Obama is out with a statement Monday reacting to Alberto Gonzales' resignation: "I have long believed that Alberto Gonzales subverted justice to promote a political agenda, and so I am pleased that he has finally resigned today," Read More...
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Robin Rombach/Post-Gazette Kerry Allen helps students Angelica Blakeman, 15, of Penn Hills, and Khalil Miles, 15, of Stanton Heights, during InfoLink 100 at Carnegie Mellon University. For 14 weeks this summer, 17 teenagers bypassed sleeping late to show Read More...
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The minister husband of evangelist and gospel singer Juanita Bynum took the pulpit at the church where he is pastor just two days after surrendering to authorities on charges he beat his wife outside a hotel. Thomas W. Weeks III, known to his followers Read More...
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A week ago, Barnes & Noble, Inc ., announced it would not keep copies of the new edition of O.J. Simpson's "If I Did It" in its stores, saying the book was not expected to sell well. Since then, the book has jumped into the top 50 on the superstore's Read More...
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Robert W. Johnson Jr. (Left) & Dr. Robert W. Johnson on his court in Lynchburg, VA She was standing at center court, at the center of the sporting universe, a sepia-skinned speck in a sea of whiteness. There was nothing new about that, the new champion Read More...
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Barry Bonds had his day in the sun Friday as his family, teammates and thousands of fans turned out at San Francisco's Justin Herman Plaza to honor baseball's all-time home run leader. "You, the fans and the city of San Francisco, that's why I'm the player Read More...
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The president of Florida A&M and its prospective new law-school dean paid a special visit to Orlando on Thursday to knock down rumors that the school's provisional accreditation is in jeopardy. Officials said the meeting was arranged in recent days Read More...
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Police who raided the Cave Creek, Arizona home of superstar rapper DMX have revealed that they have found a half-pound of suspected illegal narcotics, adding to to a list of charges that could be possibly filed against the rapper. Officers in Maricopa Read More...
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Linda Johnson Rice The University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication disclosed Thursday that Chicago-based Johnson Publishing Co. has pledged $2.5 million to fund a program on African-American issues in the media at the school. Read More...
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Juanita Bynum Juanita Bynum, a televangelist with a national following for sermons about women's empowerment, pressed charges against her estranged husband Thursday after she was bruised in a confrontation with him during a meeting to reconcile, police Read More...
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Presidential hopefuls Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., talk on stage during a break in a debate Aug. 19. Presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Wednesday his wife was not taking a swipe at Hillary Rodham Clinton when Read More...
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Seale is led into court for the sentencing Friday. James Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman, was sentenced Friday to three life terms in prison for his role in the 1964 abduction and murder of two black teenagers in southwest Seale, 72, was convicted Read More...
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The National Football League has indefinitely suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick without pay, officials with the league said Friday. Earlier, Vick admitted to participating in a dogfighting ring as part of a plea agreement with federal Read More...
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By Julianne Malveaux I recently became president of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C. It is one of 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and one of only two focused on the educational possibilities and aspirations of African-American Read More...
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The Justice Department's top civil rights enforcer resigned Thursday after more than a year of criticism that his office filled its ranks with conservative loyalists instead of experienced attorneys. Assistant Atty. Gen. Wan J. Kim was the first immigrant Read More...
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Johnny Nunez, WireImage.com Prominent televangelist Juanita Bynum, seen here last month in New Orleans, was assaulted by her husband Thomas W. Weeks III on Wednesday in the parking lot of a hotel in Atlanta, Ga., according to police. Bynum and her estranged Read More...
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A woman has proven through DNA testing that she is a child of the late James Brown , said a longtime adviser to the soul singer. The woman is the third person to determine through DNA testing done after Brown's death that the singer is their father, Buddy Read More...
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A New York judge sent pregnant rapper Foxy Brown to jail on Wednesday, ruling that she violated the terms of her probation by hitting a woman with her BlackBerry. Judge Melissa Jackson ordered Brown held in jail until her next hearing on September 7, Read More...
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A federal jury awarded a white man $150,000 in a reverse racial discrimination lawsuit Wednesday. Mark Pasternak, who is white, said he was dismissed from his state job helping troubled youths because he could not tolerate being called names like "cracker," Read More...
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The bell rang 37 times to mark the deaths of the recently fallen Tuskegee Airmen. Eugene Richardson stood up eight times, once for each friend who had died this year. "These were all heroes that I knew personally. We went through a heck of a lot together," Read More...
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Latrell Sprewell, 36, played 13 NBA seasons and was a four-time All-Star. A federal marshal has seized a $1.5 million yacht that belonged to former NBA star Latrell Sprewell after he defaulted on the mortgage. Sprewell, 36, played 13 NBA seasons and was Read More...
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Atlanta NAACP: Vick 'is redeemable' Aug. 22: R.L. White, president of the NAACP’s Atlanta chapter An NAACP leader said Michael Vick should be allowed to return to the NFL, preferably the Atlanta Falcons, after serving his sentence for his role in a dogfighting Read More...
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Getty Images On Aug. 19, Ray Kelly became the first city police commissioner to visit the new headquarters of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network on 145th Street in Harlem. Wearing a black suit and saffron-colored tie with a knot the size of Read More...
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Nearly one month ago, hundreds of African-American supporters of Michael Vick rallied outside the Georgia Dome. Now, after Vick accepted a plea deal on dogfighting charges, some of those supporters said Monday that Vick let them down. “I shed a tear,” Read More...
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Reuben Armstrong, author of the new book "Snakes in the Pulpit" has been banned from StreamingFaith.com, the faith-based portal used by many churches to broadcast their programs online. Until last week, the Reuben Armstrong Show was broadcast on the portal. Read More...
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From their relationships to their jobs to their money — even from they time they first roll out of bed — young white Americans are happier with life than their minority counterparts. According to an extensive survey of 1,280 people ages 13-24 by The Associated Read More...
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Barack Obama and his daughter Sasha play a carnival game with his wife Michelle and thier other daughter Malia, right, at the Iowa State Fair. (AP) Barack Obama often says that his wife, Michelle, is smarter than he is, stronger than he is, and gives Read More...
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International Monetary Fund (IMF) director general Rodrigo Rato on Monday expressed the organisation's commitment to triple the voting rights of African nations in the organisation. "We are conscious of the fact that current voting rights of African countries Read More...
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The judge in the R. Kelly child pornography case on Tuesday upheld his ruling allowing the public to view a videotape that allegedly shows the R&B singer having sex with a minor. In a hearing held to discuss several motions before the trial starts Read More...
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Shaul Schwarz / Getty Images for Newsweek Hottest Men's College: Morehouse College in Atlanta, which educated Martin Luther King Jr, Samuel L. Jackson and Spike Lee, is the nation's largest private men's liberal-arts college, and an exemplar of single Read More...
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Police Locate Family Member POSTED: 10:19 am EDT August 20, 2007 UPDATED: 6:39 pm EDT August 20, 2007 WOODBRIDGE, Va. -- Police in Prince William County talked to family members Monday after a girl allegedly was abandoned on Sunday. Authorities said that Read More...
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Joshua Roberts/Reuters Michael Vick's plea deal likely calls for prosecutors to recommend a lighter sentence as long as Vick cooperates with the government’s investigation. Michael Vick , the star quarterback of the Atlanta Falcons, has accepted a plea Read More...
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The Rev. Al Sharpton has said he wouldn't object if dismissed DJ Don Imus returned to radio. But now that it looks as though Imus might be close to a comeback, the civil rights activist has some advice for the man he campaigned to get fired. If Imus returns Read More...
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I never thought I would see the day R. Kelly would stand trial. After all, it has been five years since the now 40-year-old R&B superstar was charged with several counts of child pornography. With jury selection slated to finally start next month, Read More...
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Coretta Scott King A monument to Coretta Scott King, the wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., will be unveiled September 8, at her home church in west Alabama. Evelyn Lowery of Atlanta says the monument, a bust on a pedestal, will be unveiled Read More...
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AP Photo: Jordin Sparks performs during the American Idols Live! tour stop in Auburn Hills, Mich. Sunday,... Jordin Sparks has signed the record contract that comes with winning " American Idol ." The bubbly 17-year-old inked a deal with Jive Records Read More...
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Sen. Barack Obama measured his words haltingly before the National Association of Black Journalists, wary that the people he claims as his own do not accept him unconditionally. Turning to the crowd with his left index finger, he set up the straw man Read More...
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Florida A&M basketball coach Mike Gillespie was fired Tuesday, less than three months after he was charged with misdemeanor stalking. "This employment action is in the best interests of the men's basketball program and the university," said James Read More...
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Eddie Murphy World Entertainment News Network is reporting that Eddie | |
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