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Top news stories personally selected by the publishers for their relevance to the BlackAmerican community.
August 2008 - Posts
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Bribery allegations and jokes about "cold cash" hidden in Rep. William Jefferson's freezer apparently did not matter much to voters two years ago when the New Orleans Democrat won a runoff election for his long-held congressional seat with 57 percent. Read More...
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Motorists use both the north and southbound lanes of Interstate 59 to travel north from Slidell, La., on Sunday ahead of Hurricane Gustav. As dawn broke Sunday over a city under siege, bumper-to-bumper traffic was reported in nearly every direction as Read More...
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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick would plead guilty to at least two felonies, pay a six-figure restitution and agree not to run for office for two years under a plea deal offered by his lawyers to settle perjury and obstruction of justice charges, the Free Read More...
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John Rudley, new president at Texas Southern University, looks out over renovations on the campus's central plaza. Rudley has tightened admission standards and hired new administrators. During his first seven months as president of Texas Southern University, Read More...
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Michael Steele With stiff upper lips and phony grins, black Republicans are going to the Republican National Convention in Minnesota to be dissed by the party. Many will make believe they are down for Sen. John McCain — too afraid to come out the closet Read More...
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Forty-five years ago, Dennis Callwood was a 21-year-old clerk at a Harlem grocery store who took a day off and hopped a bus to Washington. Lauren Dugas Glover was a 6-year-old "tag-along" in Chicago, annoying her older siblings. James Beverly III hadn't Read More...
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Sen. John McCain stands with his vice-presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, at a campaign event in Dayton, Ohio, Friday. Just when we thought the endless gender vs. race war was over, John McCain is trying to start it up again. By choosing Read More...
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More than 38.3 million people tuned in to see presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama address the Democratic National Convention Thursday night. That was the largest audience for the 2008 DNC this year, and bigger than the audiences for the "American Idol" Read More...
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Sen. Barack Obama has been quietly working with ministers nationwide to mobilize a massive voter registration drive because he believes the black church and its members could determine whether he gains the White House in a tight presidential race, the Read More...
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Sarah Palin, John McCain’s vice presidential pick, became the first female governor of Alaska in 2006, as well as its youngest. A 44-year-old mother of five, her anti-abortion stance is certain to appeal to evangelicals, while her views on the threats Read More...
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Yes, I did think this moment would happen. I believed that an aging, maturing democracy was capable of separating itself from race to evaluate the merits of an exemplary candidate. I believed that while the Clintons are formidable, my party would not Read More...
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Pensinger/Getty Barack Obama delivered his historic speech to more than 80,000 loyal Democrats in Denver. DENVER - Barack Obama claimed his spot in history as the first African-American standard bearer of a major party Thursday night, rallying Democrats Read More...
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Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28,1963, Martin Luther King Jr. shared his vision for a new America: "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be Read More...
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It was a scripted scenario, the outcome never in doubt. But when history arrived on the floor of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday afternoon, it came with the full force of emotion. After an especially long primary season, after private Read More...
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The Democratic National Convention this week delivered some prime speaking spots to an expanding roster of rising African-American political stars, among them Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, but this year's speaking schedule is also notable for Read More...
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AFP - Getty Images file Martin Luther King waves to supporters at the Mall in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. The civil rights leader described the march was "the greatest demonstration of freedom in the history of the United States." She figured Read More...
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Sen. Joseph R. Biden accepted the vice presidential nomination of the Democratic Party with a speech that harkened back to his working-class roots in Scranton, Pa., then launched into a foreign policy broadside tying Republican presidential candidate Read More...
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Delegates at the Democratic National Convention are filling out their tally sheets Wednesday to be turned in quickly so the roll call for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton can begin promptly at 5 p.m. ET. Obama aide Jenny Backus said one nominating speech Read More...
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Tharin Gartrell is pictured in this police booking photograph, provided by the Aurora Police Department... Federal charges were filed Tuesday against three men who allegedly talked of killing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama . None of the Read More...
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*Media critic and pundit, Paul Porter says TV One's coverage of last night's DNC convention can be summed up in two words -- Gluteus Maximus. In a statement to EUR, Porter goes on to say: TV One's "After Party" analysis of Michelle Obama rear end by Michael Read More...
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Sen. Hillary Clinton, with daughter Chelsea, receives a standing ovation from the Democratic delegates. Sen. Hillary Clinton introduced herself as a "proud supporter of Barack Obama" at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday as she called on her Read More...
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Michelle Obama, wife of US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, greets the audience at the Democratic National Convention 2008 at the Pepsi Center in Denver on August 25, 2008. The Democrats formally opened their convention to crown Barack Read More...
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Aurora Police Department Detective, Marcus Dudley, speaks to the media during a press conference at the Aurora Police Department in Aurora, Colo. on Monday Aug. 25, 2008. Federal authorities are looking into reports that a man arrested after officers Read More...
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Sen. Hillary Clinton will deliver a highly anticipated speech Tuesday night. For a moment, the spotlight will be back on Sen. Hillary Clinton as she takes the stage Tuesday for her last solo "hoorah" of the 2008 presidential election. Even though she's Read More...
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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., waves before speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. His voice firm, his wave familiar, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told a cheering Democratic National Convention Monday night that his Read More...
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When Sen. Barack Obama told wife Michelle that he'd decided on a vice presidential candidate earlier this week, she gave him snaps – literally. "I've stayed out of this process ... but when he told me his choice I said, 'That's the right choice.' I was Read More...
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Joe Biden has been a U.S. Senator for 35 years – more than half his life – and has twice run for President. So you might think you already know all there is to know about the guy Barack Obama picked to join his campaign for the White House. PEOPLE went Read More...
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AFL-CIO Political Director Karen Ackerman says she believes racism is playing a role in limiting Barack Obama ’s appeal to some union members, but she said union leaders were making a concerted effort to overcome prejudice among their members. “We feel Read More...
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Police officers watch demonstrators gather outside the Pepsi Center before the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, August 24, 2008 Democratic delegates from Michigan and Florida were awarded full voting rights at the national convention Sunday, Read More...
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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, right, jokes with one of his security officers while waiting for arraignment Friday. After Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick rejected the first formal plea deal he has been offered, legal experts said he is running out of Read More...
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Would a Barack Obama presidency close the racial divide in America? Would a President Obama "transcend" race? Would the election of a black man as president limit claims of racial victimization by black Americans or acts of racism by white Americans? Read More...
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It takes the Rev. Jesse Jackson 10 1/2 minutes just to get warmed up. He enters the studio dressed head-to-toe in black. He has black history on his mind, too. So when Jackson sits behind a desk and begins an hour-long interview, he doesn’t wait for the Read More...
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In Iowa, on that remarkable winter night when it looked as though Barack Obama could emerge from nowhere and cruise to the White House, his wife Michelle and their two young daughters stepped on stage with him to claim victory. She was the “love of my Read More...
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Black lawmakers mark Obama's victory with tears, memories and a quiet drink. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) was about to enter his Capitol Hill office on Wednesday afternoon when a tourist from Miami rushed up to him. “I was watching Barack last night, and I Read More...
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In spite of fawning media coverage, an unpopular Republican president and economic challenges, Democrat Barack Obama has not managed to build a very substantive lead over his Republican rival John McCain. Recent polls show McCain closing the distance Read More...
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Hillary Rodham Clinton's supporters had mixed reactions Saturday to the selection of Joe Biden as the Democrats' vice presidential candidate. Some realized a long time ago that Barack Obama, the party's presumptive nominee for president, was not going Read More...
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Order is restored in international basketball. The United States is back on top, but not by that much anymore. Culminating a three-year mission to end years of embarrassment, the U.S. Olympic team survived a huge challenge from Spain, winning 118-107 Read More...
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Delaware Sen. Joe Biden is Sen. Barack Obama's choice to be his vice-presidential running mate. Sen. Barack Obama has selected Delaware Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate, according to his official Web site and a text message the campaign sent to supporters Read More...
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Theirs is a diverse group of astronauts and athletes, of politicians and performers, but membership requirements are universal and rigid. If you're persistent enough to overturn 200 years of history and courageous enough to surmount stereotypes, you might Read More...
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She's graced the cover of warm-and-fuzzy family magazines, been caricatured as an angry black nationalist, dished the dirt with the women on "The View" and been labeled one of the world's best-dressed women. So who is Michelle Obama? The nation will get Read More...
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Tyler Perry a next-generation billionaire Forbes magazine has named writer-actor-director Tyler Perry among its next-generation billionaires. At 38, the Atlantan was the oldest person on the list. Perry made $125 million last year and “earned more than Read More...
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THIS WAS EARLY June and NFL players association chief Gene Upshaw was sitting in a meeting room in the union's Washington, D.C., offices discussing the owners' recent decision to opt out of the collective-bargaining agreement. With his 63rd birthday fast Read More...
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therawstory.com The McCains own at least seven properties, possibly eight, including luxury rental condos in an exclusive area of Phoenix. Franklin/AP The McCains also own space in medical offices. Sen. John McCain's inability in an interview to recall Read More...
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Over 80% of Americans believe the county is headed in the wrong direction. Management of the country has been, largely, in Republican hands for the last 8 years. Simple a + b = c arithmetic should suggest Americans ought to be distrustful of placing another Read More...
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The dreamer in him envisioned a day when "Whites Only" signs would no longer hang in restaurant windows. A time when everyone's desire to vote would be respected. A time when blacks and whites would work, pray and live together. He spoke of an America Read More...
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Despite record numbers of voters who turned out during the presidential primaries last spring, eight million African-Americans are still not registered to vote. This according to Rick Wade, African-American vote director for the Obama for America presidential Read More...
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In this April 10, 2006 file photo, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, testifies before the public hearings regarding the Deposit Insurance Application of Wal-Mart Bank at Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in Arlington, Va. Tubbs Jones, the first black Read More...
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Stage and screen star Laurence Fishburne 's last turn as a series regular on network television was the role of Cowboy Curtis on the 1980s kids show " Pee-wee's Playhouse ." So the acclaimed actor better known for playing dark, brooding characters says Read More...
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Bill Cosby at the "Sex, Lies and Older Guys" forum. The girls filed into the public atrium -- a three-story, hollow, impersonal room -- to discuss some of the most intimate things in their lives: being raped, having sex with strangers, dating men a decade Read More...
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From left, Dexter King, Bernice King and Martin Luther King III Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children have been sued by the institution their mother founded, accused by their brother of using The King Center for personal gain. Dexter King, the center's Read More...
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Hillary Clinton hasn't crossed the Rubicon yet, but let's just say that her advance team is fashioning a drawbridge and the plebes are being told to take shelter behind the city walls. Next week in Denver, Sen. Clinton and former president Bill Clinton Read More...
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Obama's newly minted running mate will join the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee onstage Saturday at a rally in this capital city where Obama began his White House bid, a campaign official said. Obama and his vice presidential choice will appear Read More...
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Spokesman for Minister Says McCain, Obama Were Told of Some Topics Responding to questions about whether Sen. John McCain had an unfair advantage over Sen. Barack Obama at Saturday's forum on faith at the Saddleback Church in California, a spokesman for Read More...
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50 Cent $ 150 Million Jay Z $ 82 Million It's been some year for Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter. In the past 12 months, the Brooklyn, N.Y.-born hip-hop demigod released a platinum album, signed a 10-year, $150 million deal with concert promoter Live Nation and Read More...
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The clock is ticking for the presidential candidates to name their running-mates. Who will fill out that top ticket? Script: Barack Obama has made up his mind according to the New York Times and plans to name his running mate as early as Wednesday. Finalists Read More...
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As he faced a federal investigation last summer into a dogfighting kennel that he founded and funded, Michael Vick also was looking for help in a fight to preserve a financial empire he had tried to build as one of the NFL's highest-paid players. AP Photo/John Read More...
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Nearly one year after Shaquille O'Neal filed for divorce, his wife Shaunie says the proceedings will be halted in the coming days and the couple will continue to try and work things out. "Neither one of us could probably answer why we were getting one Read More...
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To Pastor Rick Warren's question, Obama says someone making more than $250,000. McCain gives a figure of $5 million per year. His campaign says he was joking. The rich may be different for John McCain and Barack Obama. On almost every issue, the two presidential Read More...
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Roland Martin says Bill Clinton relied on black support during Lewinsky scandal and now must earn it back. Stuck in no man's land, no longer able to stand before adoring crowds of African-Americans who would welcome him as the "nation's first black president" Read More...
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Barack Obama's plane had to make an unscheduled landing on July 7 in St. Louis, Missouri. Control tower tapes reveal that the pilot of presidential hopeful Barack Obama's plane told air traffic controllers there was an emergency when he made an unscheduled Read More...
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