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Congress Takes Group Of Schoolchildren Hostage | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Seeded on Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:23 PM EDT (The Onion)
Brandishing shotguns and semiautomatic pistols, members of the 112th U.S.
Little-Known Black History Fact: Martha Dixon
Seeded on Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:57 AM EDT (Black America Web)
Martha Dixon is a clothing designer whose life journey led her from the cotton fields of Arkansas to the White House as a dressmaker for former First Lady Hillary Clinton.
Bounce TV Launches With Will Packer, Rob Hardy At Helm
Seeded on Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:22 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
This week marks another historic milestone in black media, with the launch of Bounce TV, the nation's first-ever, free broadcast television network marketed exclusively to African-American audiences.
Little-Known Black History Fact: Ruth Carol Taylor
Seeded on Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:27 AM EDT (Black America Web)
Ruth Carol Taylor was America’s first black female airline flight attendant. The Boston, Massachusetts native was hired by Mohawk Airlines in 1958.
Black Critics of Obama: It's Not Just Tavis
Seeded on Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:33 PM EDT ()
Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy recently penned an opinion piece for CNN entitled "Why Obama's Black Critics Are Wrong." He contends that President Obama's African-American critics have focused on his "racial bona fides" and that "throughout President Barack Obama …
Little-Known Black History Fact: South Carolina State University School of Law
Seeded on Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:47 AM EDT (Black America Web)
EDITOR'S NOTE: This "Little-Known Black History Fact" was submitted by Lyndon Wrighten Sr. of Woodbridge, Virginia. From 1947 until 1966, South Carolina State University, a historically black college, had a school of law.
Maxine Waters: Obama's Speech To Congressional Black Caucus Was 'A Bit Curious'
Seeded on Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:40 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Rep.
Little-Known Black History Fact: Bessie Blount
Seeded on Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:31 AM EDT (Black America Web)
A black woman can invent something for the benefit of humankind.” Those are the words of Bessie Blount, an African-American female physical therapist during World War II. In the late 1940s, Blount assisted severely wounded soldiers during the war.
Obama tells blacks to 'stop complainin' and fight - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Sat Sep 24, 2011 10:43 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
In a fiery summons to an important voting block, President Barack Obama told blacks on Saturday to quit crying and complaining and "put on your marching shoes" to follow him into battle for jobs and opportunity. And though he didn't say it directly, for a second term, too. O …
U.S. Teen Indicted For Capital Murder, Hate Crime After Fatal Rundown Of Black Man | Fox News
Seeded on Sat Sep 24, 2011 2:07 PM EDT (FOXNews.com)
A white teenager was indicted for capital murder and a hate crime on charges he intentionally ran over a middle-age black man with a pickup truck. Deryl Dedmon, 19, was indicted Monday in the June 26 death of James Craig Anderson, a 49-year-old car plant worker from Jackson. …
Lawrence Russell Brewer executed in 1998 dragging death - Beaumont Enterprise
Seeded on Sat Sep 24, 2011 2:01 PM EDT ()
Lawrence Russell Brewer, one of two men sentenced to die in the 1998 Jasper dragging death of James Byrd Jr., is dead. His execution was set at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Vesta Williams, Hit 80's R&B Singer, Found Dead In Her California Hotel Room
Seeded on Fri Sep 23, 2011 12:46 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Vesta Williams, the 80's diva known for her powerful voice, was found dead in her California hotel room last night, according to reports.
Little-Known Black History Fact: The African Meeting House
Seeded on Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:05 AM EDT (Black America Web)
The African Meeting House, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the country’s oldest black church. The meeting house was opened Dec. 6, 1806 for the free black community of the famous Beacon Hill.
Little-Known Black History Fact: Frank Calloway
Seeded on Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:05 AM EDT (Black America Web)
Frank Calloway of Tuscaloosa, Alabama is a 96-year-old African-American artist. In 1952, Calloway was diagnosed with schizophrenia. For most of his life, he has lived in mental facilities and currently resides in the Alice M. Kidd facility.
Cornel West, Martin Bashir Spar About Obama (VIDEO)
Seeded on Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:57 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
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Lawrence Brewer Executed: White Supremacist Executed For Texas Dragging Myrder
Seeded on Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:18 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
White supremacist gang member Lawrence Russell Brewer was executed Wednesday evening for the infamous dragging death slaying of James Byrd Jr., a black man from East Texas. Byrd, 49, was chained to the back of a pickup truck and pulled whip-like to his death along a bumpy asp …
How to cure the economy: shop -
Seeded on Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:34 PM EDT (Chicago Sun-Times)
The Obama jobs bill will probably never be enacted. Our economy is likely to remain mired in a punishing recession far longer than we hope. The numbers are brutal.
Little-Known Black History Fact: Gen. Hazel Johnson-Brown
Seeded on Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:40 AM EDT (Black America Web)
Gen. Hazel Johnson-Brown was the nation’s first African-American female U.S. Army general. She was also the first African-American to be appointed chief of the U.S.
Lorenzo Pollard, St. Louis Man, Escapes Jail Using Homemade Nunchucks To Keep Guards 'At Bay'
Seeded on Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:28 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Long gone are the days of meticulously planned jailbreaks a la "Escape from Alcatraz." There's no need to dig out of jail or swim across freezing waters when you can just use homemade cell-made nunchucks. Lorenzo Pollard used the weapon, made from bed sheets and a chair, to war …
Black Professors Win MacArthur Genius Grants
Seeded on Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:25 PM EDT ()
This year's MacArthur fellowships -- also known as "genius grants" -- were announced this morning, and among the winners are two African-American scholars doing groundbreaking work on issues of race in America.
Little-Known Black History Fact: Ibtihaj Muhammad
Seeded on Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:19 AM EDT (Black America Web)
History has been made by U.S. championship female fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad. She is the first African-American Muslim woman to make the U.S. Women’s championship team.
NAACP Gives White Convicted Murderer Academic Scholarship | News One
Seeded on Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:46 PM EDT ()
The NAACP has given a man who was convicted of a murder in 1992 an academic scholarship, numerous news sources are reporting Monday. Over two decades ago, Bruce Reilly, 38, was convicted of murder after he stabbed and Emerson College professor, Charles Russell, to death. Reil …
White House Rejects Bid for Marcus Garvey Posthumous Pardon
Seeded on Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:21 PM EDT ()
A bid to secure a posthumous presidential pardon for Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jamaica's first national hero, has been rejected out of hand by the Barack Obama White House in Washington.
Mike Tyson: Sarah Palin met 'the wombshifter'
Seeded on Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:09 PM EDT ()
Editor’s note: Many of the quotes in this story are offensive, indeed repulsive, and not suitable for younger readers or those who are easily shocked. They are also newsworthy.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s Knockout Controversy
Seeded on Mon Sep 19, 2011 2:19 PM EDT ()
As expected, Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Victor Ortiz by a controversial fourth-round KO, winning the WBC welterweight title.
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