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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 from the past: “black.”
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For this group – some descended from U.S. slaves, some immigrants with a separate history – “African-American” is not the
Read MoreTeen Football Star Killed In Home Invasion
Post by Lincoln Ware in National on Feb 4, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Six men are charged in the murder of Nicholas Jackson II, 15, of Norcross, Georgia, who was killed Thursday while playing Play Station in the basement of his home, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Anthony Bernard Lumpkin, 32, Rico Dehaven West, 19, Eddie Lewis Green, 46, Michael Davis, 23, and Timothy Lamar Johnson, 34, and Jason Dozier, 36, broke into the Jackson home Thursday at approximately 6:30
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The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that Antonio Williams, 14, was found safe Friday night. No details on where or how he was located were available. Read below for initial report:
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The Clayton County Police Department is searching for 14-year-old Antonio Williams after the boy got into a vehicle with an unknown man at a gas station and vanished, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Surveillance video shows Antonio getting into
Read MoreMitt Romney Forms Strategic Alliance With Ron Paul
Post by Lincoln Ware in National on Feb 3, 2012 at 4:36 pm
While they may differ on foreign policy, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney have formed a strategic alliance. Reports claim that Mitt Romney’s aids are in close contact with Ron Paul and that the two campaigns coordinate events with each other.
Paul has a strong following but is unlikely to win the nomination and Romney is hoping that Paul supporters will help him defeat President Barack Obama in the upcoming election.
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Read MoreBlack Slave Assisted Explorers Lewis And Clark In Trek Across America
Post by Lincoln Ware in National on Feb 3, 2012 at 4:26 pm
The tale of American explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and their epic transcontinental journey has long been a fixture in history books. A little known fact behind the pair’s adventure was that a Black slave helped the men bridge cultural gaps between themselves and American Indian they encountered along the way.
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Terra Hall of Fox4 Kansas City recently reported that a slave
Read MoreObama Flip-Flops On Church and State, GOP Rep Walks Out
Post by Lincoln Ware in National on Feb 3, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Representative Phil Gingrey (R-Georgia), walked out of President Barack Obama‘s address at the annual National Prayer Breakfast after becoming offended that the president insinuated politics into what is supposed to be a non-partisan event, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
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“He was glad that the president attended, but he felt that there were 364 days in a year to give a
Read MoreOh, Lord. Kimmel Asks Whites To Name “Favorite Black Person”
Post by Lincoln Ware in National on Feb 3, 2012 at 2:07 pm
Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t sure of the best way to start off Black History Month. So he decided to hit the streets and ask white people who their favorite black person is, according to reporting by Clutch Magazine.
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The responses were a mix of incredibly funny and, shall we say, disturbing insights into how
Read MoreOh, For Real? Welfare Recipients Face Strip Club Ban
Post by Lincoln Ware in National on Feb 3, 2012 at 12:04 pm
After voting on a ban Wednesday evening, the Republican-led House of Representatives sent a clear and bizarre message to Congress that they would stop welfare recipients from using their benefits at strip clubs, liquor stores, and casinos.
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Dubbed in the press as the “strip club bill,” the legislation received a whopping 395-27 vote. Essentially, the bill would
Read MoreBlack Woman Dies From Hair Extension Glue?
Post by Lincoln Ware in National on Feb 3, 2012 at 10:51 am
She may have paid the ultimate price for beauty. Did hair extension glue really cause this woman to lose her life?
Read MoreWhen Will It Stop?! Unarmed Teen Fatally Shot By Police
Post by Lincoln Ware in National on Feb 3, 2012 at 10:21 am
Ramarley Graham was fatally shot by plain clothes officers, after he tried to run from them during a confrontation Thursday afternoon, according to the New York Daily News.
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Graham, 19, was pursued by a team of police who had attempted to stop and question him. Reportedly, police witnessed the youth adjusting the waistband of his pants on the street and immediately assumed he had a gun. The youth,
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