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Top news stories personally selected by the publishers for their relevance to the BlackAmerican community.
January 2008 - Posts
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Hillary Clinton The New York Post endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday, calling him an "untried candidate" but a preferable alternative to the newspaper's home state senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Clinton and Read More...
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The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is giving $3 million to help build the long-delayed memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall. With fundraising and help from lenders and banks, the memorial has enough money to begin construction this Read More...
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Detroit's one time "Hip-Hop Mayor," Kwame Kilpatrick, last night asked his city and family for forgiveness in a televised speech. His appearance, along with his wife, ended a week of being out of public view as a result of racy text messages to a former Read More...
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A new poll from Public Policy Polling (D) shows that Barack Obama might be sneaking up on Hillary Clinton in her home state of New York. Hillary leads with 45% of the vote, followed by Obama at 33% and John Edwards with 10%. In the demographic breakdown, Read More...
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Fisk University President Hazel O'Leary says there are too many unresolved issues in a suggestion that the Stieglitz Collection be housed in a proposed Nashville African-American museum. Fisk University's president called a proposal to house its most Read More...
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John Edwards plans to drop out of the presidential race Wednesday afternoon, ending a spirited underdog bid that was watered down by his distant third finish in the South Carolina primary on Saturday. The decision leaves Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Read More...
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Terrie Williams Superstar PR agent Terrie Williams first revealed her battle with depression in Essence more than two years ago. Now she’s releasing Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We’re Not Hurting , which delves even deeper into the souls of Black folks Read More...
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E. Denise Simmons The city of Cambridge made history this month when it elected the nation's first African-American, openly gay mayor. E. Denise Simmons took the reins from Kenneth Reeves, an African-American who was also openly gay. Simmons, a Cambridge Read More...
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Representative Maxine Waters Hoping to halt the flow of momentum to Barack Obama after his South Carolina victory and Senator Edward M. Kennedy's endorsement, Hillary Clinton yesterday touted the support of a high-profile African-American leader, Representative Read More...
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Hillary Rodham Clinton won the Florida Democratic primary Tuesday night, an event that drew no campaigning by any of her presidential rivals and awarded no delegates to the winner. The New York senator, fresh off her lopsided loss to Barack Obama in last Read More...
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Singer Beyoncé Knowles is set to play blues and R&B legend Etta James in a new film. Speaking to BlackFilm.com, actor Cedric the Entertainer said that Knowles would star in the film 'Cadillac Records'. The film looks at the music scene in Chicago Read More...
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Leroy Orange, speaks to reporters after being awarded $5.5 million in a legal settlement involving victims of torture and at the hands of members of the Chicago Police Department under the direction of former Cmdr. Jon Burge. The Chicago City Council Read More...
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ABC News' Rick Klein Reports: Rev. Al Sharpton on Monday weighed in on the raging debate inside the Democratic Party over former President Bill Clinton's advocacy on behalf of his wife's campaign, with two choice words for the former president: "Shut Read More...
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Gregory Rodriguez in the Los Angeles Times today takes aim at the emerging conventional wisdom that Latinos won't support an African-American candidate, pointing to examples of Latino-backed black politicians from Harold Washington to Wellington Webb Read More...
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Toni Morrison Author Toni Morrison, one of the most acclaimed African-American writers in history, today announced her endorsement of Barack Obama, the first time she has publicly backed a presidential candidate. The endorsement, unveiled on the same Read More...
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Kwame M. Kilpatrick Detroit mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick and his chief of staff, Christine Beatty, are being investigated to determine whether they lied under oath when they denied having an extramarital affair, reports the New York Times. Prosecutor Kym Read More...
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"The value of African-American work is increasing," said artist Kevin Cole, juror for the 14th Annual African American Art Exhibit at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Kevin Cole, a 48-year-old African-American artist based in Atlanta for 22 years, came to Read More...
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Seeking to build on his landslide win in Saturday's South Carolina primary, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will receive the endorsement of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) in Washington on Monday, sources close to both men said Sunday night. The Kennedy stamp Read More...
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Baltimore Polytechnic Institute students Shakeara Jordan, left, Briana Jones, center, and Janay Kittrell, right, work together on a math problem at school, in December. A study released Tuesday will show that black and Hispanic children are making significant Read More...
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MIXED BLESSINGS: Black women and white men are the changing face of relationships Frustrated with the ‘shortage’ of ‘good’ black men, black women are expanding their horizons and are dating outside of their race. Statistics show that more black women Read More...
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Sen. Barack Obama celebrates his resounding South Carolina victory Saturday night. There were two true stunners Saturday night: the size of Sen. Barack Obama’s margin of victory over Sen. Hillary Clinton — 28 percentage points — but just as significantly Read More...
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Caroline Kennedy In a decision she attributes to "patriotic, political and personal" reasons, former First Daughter Caroline Kennedy is endorsing Barack Obama for president. In an op-ed in Sunday's New York Times published on the paper's Web site Saturday Read More...
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The following is a transcript of Barack Obama’s prepared remarks for his victory speech in Columbia, S.C.: Over two weeks ago, we saw the people of Iowa proclaim that our time for change has come. But there were those who doubted this country’s desire Read More...
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Overwhelming support from African American voters fueled Sen. Barack Obama 's big win in yesterday's South Carolina Democratic primary, but he also continued to demonstrate broad appeal across racial lines, particularly among younger, better-educated Read More...
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Dr. Charles Drew The techniques used today to collect, process, and store blood products are the result of research conducted by African-American physician Dr. Charles Richard Drew. In 1940, Dr. Drew was appointed Medical Director of the American Red Read More...
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The appearance of a photo that purports to show Hillary and Bill Clinton posing with indicted businessman, and former Barack Obama fundraiser Tony Rezko, rocked the Clinton campaign on Friday. Democrat Hillary Clinton denied knowing Tony Rezko, an indicted Read More...
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It has now become fully a four-person race as the clock ticks down toward Saturday’s South Carolina Democratic primary. Two married couples, the Obamas and the Clintons are battling it out over who should be the nominee. Making the point that South Carolina Read More...
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The annual United Negro College Fund’s ‘An Evening of Stars,’ formerly the ‘Lou Rawls Parade of Stars,’ comes to the television this weekend, bringing “excellence in education and entertainment on one stage.” Since 1979, the program celebrating historically Read More...
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About eight in 10 black children in Indiana are born to unwed parents -- a start to life that sets them up for problems during adolescence and beyond, according to an Indiana Black Expo report. Indiana's black youths fare significantly worse than Hoosier Read More...
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Shaq and Shaunie Shaquille O'Neal's monthly financial statement, filed as part of his divorce case in Florida, was obtained by the TV show "Extra" and posted on their Web site for all to see. According to the filing, Shaq earns a monthly salary of $2 Read More...
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For nearly two decades, Yvette Wider, an African American, adored Bill Clinton, once described by a famous black novelist as the nation's first black president. But now, after Clinton's "fairy tale" remark about Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in New Hampshire Read More...
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Democrat Barack Obama's big lead over rival Hillary Clinton has slipped but is still substantial two days before the presidential primary election in South Carolina, where candidates were competing vigorously to win support from black voters. Former President Read More...
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A New York appeals court rejected on Wednesday a motion to move the trial of three police officers charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black man to a venue outside the city. Lawyers for the white, Hispanic and black detectives had argued that Read More...
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In a new fundraising letter from John Kerry to Barack Obama 's supporters, the 2004 Democratic nominee implores voters to help Obama "defeat the hateful tactics that have been used to tear us apart for too long." In a line clearly directed at Bill and Read More...
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For Sen. Barack Obama, winning may not be good enough in South Carolina. Obama's possible victory in the Palmetto State is turning into the expected outcome and into a win built on the African-American vote. Those perceptions have been fueled, both subtly Read More...
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A prominent supporter of Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday compared Bill Clinton's appeals for his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, in South Carolina to the tactics used by a former Republican strategist. When asked about the comparison, the former president Read More...
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Bill Cosby acknowledges applause after speaking at a Rainbow Push EXCEL scholarship fundraiser at the Sheraton hotel in downtown Chicago Speaking at the annual PUSH Excel Martin Luther King Jr. scholarship breakfast Monday, comedian Bill Cosby focused Read More...
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Josherbert Thompson tries not to make a habit of using check cashing businesses, but sometimes she has no choice. "If you've got a bill that's due and you owe the bank money, your not going to go to the bank but a check cashing place," says Thompson. Read More...
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Jackson: Long term, couldn't ease blacks' fears on immigration. January 22, 2008 -- FIERCE fighting over the minority vote may be the real surprise of the '08 Democratic race, with many blacks gravitating to Sen. Barack Obama and Hispanics to Sen. Hillary Read More...
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At Anjay's Salon in Charleston, the only thing louder than the hair dryer is the chorus of political opinions. Analysts say black women are more engaged and hold tremendous power in selecting the Democratic nominee. On this day, owner Angela Jackson is Read More...
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CHRIS LaCHALL/Courier-Post Former Philadelphia Mayor W. Wilson Goode works to find caring, positive role models for the children of incarcerated parents through the Amachi mentoring program. Goode was 14 when his own father went to prison. There was a Read More...
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton greets supporters at a rally in Salinas, Calif, where she received the endorsement of the United Farm Workers union. The next Democratic presidential nominating contest will take place in South Carolina on Saturday, but Sen. Read More...
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Usher The father of R&B superstar Usher has died, reports the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Usher Raymond, III passed away Friday at a hospital in Atlanta, according to reports. His cause of death were not immediately known. Usher and his dad were Read More...
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The bitter back-and-forth between former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama has led a prominent black lawmaker to tell the former president Monday to "chill a little bit." Sen. Barack Obama marches in a Martin Luther King memorial parade in Read More...
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Four decades after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death -- and just weeks after Barack Obama's win in the Iowa caucus -- a CNN poll finds more Americans than ever before believe the country is ready for a black president. Seventy-two percent of white Americans Read More...
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Martin Luther King Jr. fought for equality, education and everything the world has to give. And opportunities are there for today's African-American kids, but they have to go out and get them. Those aren't my words. Those are the words of Ronald Jones, Read More...
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Barack Obama joined church officials in singing "We Shall Overcome" at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, looking to galvanize his rising support among African-Americans, delivered a stirring call yesterday Read More...
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A Pictorial History Of The Movement Martin Luther King, Jr., and other civil rights leaders of a municipal bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, riding an integrated bus, December 1956. ######################################################################### Read More...
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During his appearance on "Late Night with David Letterman" last week, Denzel Washington may have scared the living daylights out of his eldest daughter's boyfriend. The Oscar winner admits that he holds a double standard when it comes to the dating life Read More...
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First, the delegate tally from the contest remains about even because, even though Clinton won, Obama stands to get 13 delegates to her 12 if the delegates are handed out on a strict formula. (Camp Clinton insists they will get more, and the state party Read More...
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The celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day has a particular poignancy this presidential election year. There's been a lot of talk about our wanting "to believe in America" again. Some of us are experiencing a cautious optimism that politics doesn't Read More...
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Carl Brooks heads the Executive Leadership Council. In his former professional life, as vice president of human resources at GPU Energy, a New Jersey -based utility owner, Carl Brooks was responsible for making sure his company had the people with the Read More...
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Click Below To Hear Martin On Service: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other civil rights leaders of a municipal bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, riding an integrated bus, December 1956. ######################################################################### Read More...
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One by one, Barbara Fambro laid the yellowed pages on the table in front of her. A letter to the imprisoned boxer Jack Johnson from her late husband’s great uncle and the owner of a Bronzeville jazz club proposing a paid match pending the legendary African Read More...
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., pauses for a moment during a town hall meeting at the University of Nevada, Reno in Reno, Nev., on Friday, Jan. 18, 2008. Now that Democrats have voted or caucused in three states in three different Read More...
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BRIAN BOHANNON/AP Joker Phillips, left, shrugged off the issue of race in his being named the successor to Rich Brooks, right. Photo by Brian Bohannon | Associated Press Joker Phillips has never been one to publicly play the race card. And sure enough, Read More...
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They were born nearly 30 years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was martyred, but students at the Kankakee middle school named in his honor are well aware of his legacy and proved it in an essay contest that ended Friday. A diverse collection of blacks, Read More...
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AMERICA’S favourite television presenter is paying a painful price for her intervention in the US presidential campaign last month. Oprah Winfrey has been dubbed a “traitor” by some of her female fans for supporting Barack Obama instead of Hillary Clinton. Read More...
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Sen. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in the Nevada caucuses Saturday, her second victory in as many weeks, as the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination now moves to South Carolina and 20-plus states that hold contests on Feb. 5. In a Read More...
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Michelle Obama A high-achieving lawyer from a poor Chicago background, the Illinois senator's wife is a big draw for her husband's supporters - and a thorn in the side of his Democratic rivals The woman introducing Michelle Obama is so excited and nervo | |
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