Janet Collins (March 7, 1917 in New Orleans, Louisiana – May 28, 2003 in Fort Worth, Texas) was a ballet dancer and choreographer.
Janet Collins was one of the few classically trained Black dancers of her generation. In 1951 she won the Donaldson ...
Posted Thursday, March 8th 2012 at 1:00PM
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From The Huffington Post
March 7, 2012
The recently observed Black History month presents the opportunity for individuals worldwide to focus on the accomplishments and contributions of Black citizens in America. Often, this focus is directed at t ...
Posted Wednesday, March 7th 2012 at 1:23PM
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MARYLAND--An Essex man pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday for his role in hanging a raccoon on the porch of an African-American family, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Joshua Wall, 20, pleaded guilty to one count of “conspiracy to ...
Posted Tuesday, March 6th 2012 at 12:02PM
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(Reuters) - Black and Latino students across the United States are far more likely to be suspended than white students - and far less likely to have access to rigorous college-prep courses, according to a sweeping study released on Tuesday by the U.S ...
Posted Tuesday, March 6th 2012 at 11:51AM
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By Joan Walsh
March 3, 2012
One of the burdens of blackness, W.E.B. DuBois famously wrote, was facing down an omnipresent question from the wider society: ¡°How does it feel to be a problem?¡± I¡¯ve been wondering lately if white people might soo ...
Posted Sunday, March 4th 2012 at 6:05PM
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South African diva Miriam Makeba is well known throughout the world known as the Mama Africa and the Empress of African Song. Born in 1932 in South Afica, she first came to the public's attention as a featured vocalist with the Manhattan Brothers in ...
Posted Sunday, March 4th 2012 at 5:49PM
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Oprah Winfrey has landed the first interview with late singer Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, for a special to air March 11 on her OWN cable network.
Winfrey interviewed the 18-year-old (who turns 19 on March 4), as well as her m ...
Posted Saturday, March 3rd 2012 at 7:49PM
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Prudence Crandall was born in Rhode Island on 3rd September, 1803. After being educated at a Society of Friends school in Plainfield, Connecticut, Crandall established her own private academy for girls at Canterbury.
The school was a great succes ...
Posted Saturday, March 3rd 2012 at 6:53PM
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Born in 1933, Myrlie Evers-Williams was the wife of murdered civil rights activist Medgar Evers. While fighting to bring his killer to justice, Evers-Williams also continued her husband's work with her book, For Us, The Living. She also wrote Watch M ...
Posted Friday, March 2nd 2012 at 5:00PM
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Just Because He's Black
A white man asked his black friend, 'Are you voting for Barack Obama just because he's black?'
The black man responded by saying, 'Why not? Hell, in this country men
Are pulled over everyday just cause They're black; ...
Posted Friday, March 2nd 2012 at 4:51PM
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NEW ORLEANS -- While the investigation continues into Thursday's deadly shooting, a Mid-City family is mourning the loss of Justin Sipp, who was shot and killed by police.
"One of them was in college, both working. On their way to work. This is r ...
Posted Friday, March 2nd 2012 at 10:47AM
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Question: If 35,000 people are willing to pay $100 or more to see Mary J. Blige at the Essence Music Festival, how many will show up to hear her for free? Answer: Not as many, but a bunch.
Mary J. Blige and her band perform during a free concert ...
Posted Friday, March 2nd 2012 at 10:44AM
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WDSU Channel 6 News--New Orleans human rights defenders are preparing a gathering Wednesday at BP headquarters for the start of a New Orleans style funeral service and procession for the murdered Gulf of Mexico, organized to coincide with the “Trial ...
Posted Thursday, March 1st 2012 at 12:33PM
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New Orleans Times Picayune--Controversy over the proper role of religion in American politics was inflamed yet again during the weekend when Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said that he wanted to "throw up" reading President John F. K ...
Posted Thursday, March 1st 2012 at 12:27PM
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill.— The Illinois Coalition of Community Blood Centers is working with the General Assembly's Black Caucus to increase blood donations in the African-American community. The campaign is called "Make Every Drop Count."
Rare blood tra ...
Posted Wednesday, February 29th 2012 at 12:24PM
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By J. Bryan Lauder
February 28, 2012
We’ve been hearing for some time that black women are happier with their bodies than their white counterparts, that in something vaguely defined as “black culture,” heavier, curvier female figures are praised ...
Posted Wednesday, February 29th 2012 at 12:18PM
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MY BLACKNESS
I'VE ANTICIPATED THIS MOMENT
OVER AND OVER IN MY MIND ...
KNOWING I WOULD GET MY CHANCE,
IN DUE TIME ...
A CHANCE TO TELL YOU MY BLACKNESS
IS NOT TOTALLY WHAT I AM,
BUT A MERE DESCRIPTION OF THE COLOR OF MY SKIN
PAY A ...
Posted Wednesday, February 29th 2012 at 11:43AM
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Daniel McCree recognized the safety benefits enjoyed by hotels, apartment buildings and office buildings and decided to extend that safety to homeowners.
Basing his model on fire escapes being used by bigger buildings, McCree created a portable v ...
Posted Tuesday, February 28th 2012 at 4:17PM
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