African Americans
Graduation day
August 27, 2010Melvin Pelvin showed society that a young black man with plenty of swag can do whatever he puts his mind to!
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Guess where BP is dumping its oil-spill waste?
August 26, 2010Sixty one percent of the British Petroleum oil-spill waste is being dumped in communities largely made up of people of color.
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Loss of a jazz warrior: Abbey Lincoln
August 16, 2010Vocalist, actress and activist Abbey Lincoln, who died Aug. 14 at age 80, captured the energy and drive of an era in recording and film as few others could.
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Maxine Waters rejects ethics violation, wants public trial
August 3, 2010"In sum, the case against me has no merit," Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said in a statement
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Civil rights groups hit Race to the Top
August 3, 2010The National Urban League and five other civil rights organizations, in a in a hard-hitting report, have criticized President Obama's Race to the Top education reform program.
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