BET--Rap legend MC Lyte is one of 60 African-American stars who are banding together to bring awareness to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the black community.
MC Lyte joins actors and actresses like Nia Long, Affion Crockett, Samuel L. Jackson, Naturi N ...
Posted Tuesday, February 7th 2012 at 12:20PM
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Joseph Lee was born July 19, 1849. He is a black inventor from Boston, Massachusetts. He was known in the food industry because he worked in a bakery as a young boy. So he prepared, cooked, and served food and later opened two successful restaurants ...
Posted Tuesday, February 7th 2012 at 12:13PM
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Over three decades after his death, the immortal words the revered Bob Marley gave the world, continue to inspire.
Protestors around the world, whether those at Occupy Wall St. styled protests or elsewhere, continue to chant "Get Up S ...
Posted Monday, February 6th 2012 at 12:05PM
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WASHINGTON--The Great Recession carried special pain for black women like Jane Ladson.
She had always been the one her family turned to when they needed help, and she didn’t hesitate to give it. She helped pay for weddings and rent. She made room ...
Posted Monday, February 6th 2012 at 11:52AM
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By Charles Foerster
February 1, 2012
There is a great controversy raging between good and evil at the soda fountain or pop machine but the general public does not seem to be aware of it. The consequences of the dietary changes that have occurred ...
Posted Monday, February 6th 2012 at 11:46AM
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Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934) is widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. In 1999, editors at The Sporting News ranked Hank Aaron fifth on their list of "Greatest Baseball Players".
Hank Aaron was born ...
Posted Sunday, February 5th 2012 at 3:57PM
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Newsweek.com--Hundreds of anti-war activists are expected to attend the United National Antiwar Coalitions National Conference in Stamford, Conn., March 23-25.
UNAC established itself as a major anti-war coalition in the summer of 2010 when 800 p ...
Posted Sunday, February 5th 2012 at 3:42PM
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SACRAMENTO--Since Friday, two hate crimes on the UC Davis campus have many concerned.
The first happened at Potter Hall. A note was found on a student’s door that said, “KKK F*** off were (sic) full.” The note was found before the student came ho ...
Posted Saturday, February 4th 2012 at 2:34PM
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From The San Francisco Chronicle
February 4, 2012
The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name f ...
Posted Saturday, February 4th 2012 at 2:22PM
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Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama to James McCauley, a carpenter, and Leona McCauley, a teacher. At the age of two she moved to her grandparents' farm in Pine Level, Alabama with her mother and younger brother, Sylvester. ...
Posted Saturday, February 4th 2012 at 2:11PM
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