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1968 Olympian to recount iconic moment at CAUOne of two black athletes who called attention to the plight of African Americans at the 1968 Olympics will recount the iconic moment at Clark Atlanta University.
topix.net | 08-Feb-2012 11:37
The Josephine Baker Story
In the excellently filmed, dynamic telefilm "The Josephine Baker Story" developed by HBO - and now on a Blu- ray disc-- we follow the life of the incomparable African American celebrity .
topix.net | 08-Feb-2012 07:27
Health officials mark Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Officials are marking the 12th National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day by urging Nevadans to get tested for the diseases.
topix.net | 08-Feb-2012 06:27
New state voting laws focus of Selma, Ala. march
Single Sign-On: You can use Facebook account to log in to LasVegasSun.com. Civil rights, labor and immigration activists say they are returning to Selma, Ala.
topix.net | 08-Feb-2012 02:22
Michael Steele Blasts John Heilemann For Comparing Same-Sex Marriage To Interracial Marriage
On Tuesday's edition of Now with Alex Wagner , gay rights activist Lt. Dan Choi spoke about a federal appeals court weighing in on whether California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional.
topix.net | 08-Feb-2012 02:22
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topix.net | 08-Feb-2012 00:12
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topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 23:57
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topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 23:42
Film about Shirley Chisholm to be screened by Alameda Multicultural Center
A documentary about Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman elected to Congress, will be screened at a Black History Month Film Event sponsored by the Alameda Multicultural Community Center The 30-minute film, "Shirley Chisholm: The Leader," will be shown from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 22:13
The Black-Gay Divide: A Clash of Race, Religion & Rights
As public opinion moves toward supporting gay rights, especially marriage equality, the African-American community has been slower to get on board.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 18:08
Fairfield Native Makes CPA History
This past fall, Robert Charles made history in our state by becoming the youngest and first minority CPA to be employed by one of the largest regional accounting firms in the state of South Carolina.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 14:58
Chuck D to speak at university
The rap icon will kick off Black History Month with a lecture at California State University Monterey Bay this week.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 10:44
Sociologist addresses problems of urban America
The CoreChange summit will be held Feb. 17-19 at the Millennium Hotel, Downtown.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 06:29
Lucas to receive NAACP Vanguard Award
Writer-director-producer George Lucas is to receive the Vanguard Award at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles, organizers said Monday.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 04:29
Jack Ellis: African-Americans Support Dallemand's Plan
Former Macon Mayor C. Jack Ellis said the African-American community supports Bibb schools Superintendent Romain Dallemand's strategic plan.
topix.net | 07-Feb-2012 00:25
House GOP Memo: "Abortion Is the Leading Cause of Death in the Black Community"
Anti-abortion billboards in Atlanta sparked a nationwide controversy last year as Georgia tried to pass a law outlawing abortion on the basis of race.
topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 20:10
African-American Nyack Alums Talk Success
One day, the summer after graduating Nyack High School , Chester Felts was laying in bed when he got a call from someone at Colgate University, where he was scheduled to start his freshman year that September.
topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 15:56
Anna May Wong Did It Right
I'm Anna May Wong. I come from old Hong Kong. But now I'm a Hollywood star. -from a song she performed in her cabaret act This week, the Oscar nominations were announced, and five of the 20 slots in the acting categories went to Africans or African-Americans. That number, the most in the 77-year of the Academy Awards, heartens those who know how ... (more)
topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 11:46
17 people honored at African/African-American Love Feast
But the York City man was after being honored during the African/African-American Love Feast and Recognition Dinner at the Holiday Inn Holidome in West Manchester Township.
topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 07:36
On Republican concern for the poor
Mitt Romney stepped in it the other day. Normally, this would be news in the same way that the sun rising would be news: in other words, not at all.
topix.net | 06-Feb-2012 03:27
GOP 'dog-whistlers'
Here are some things you could learn about black Americans from the recent statements and insinuations of Republican presidential candidates, Republican congressmen and Republican-friendly radio personalities: * And the pathologies afflicting black Americans are caused partly by the Democratic Party, which has created in them a dependency on ... (more)
topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 23:22
Brown U. student uncovers lost Malcolm X speech
The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leaguer fated to become one of America's top diplomats.
topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 19:08
Chicago marks Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
The Chicago Department of Public Health will participate in a national observance aimed at raising HIV/AIDS awareness among African Americans.
topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 14:48
Women's Cancer Resource Center marks 25 years of service
By March 2008, after two years of dieting and exercise, Shyanne Reese had shed a whopping 101 pounds from her 5-foot-10 frame and was feeling better than ever.
topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 10:34
Ill. report alleges discrimination at German firm
The state's human rights department has found "substantial evidence of discrimination" at the Chicago office of a German industrial conglomerate.
topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 06:29
#10 - Plans for amphitheater on Crownsville farm advance
Graciela Blackstone, who's leading plans to build the Amphitheater for Humanity on her family farm in Crownsville, kneels on the property.
topix.net | 05-Feb-2012 02:19
Some Blacks Insist: 'I'm Not African-American'
The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 22:05
'I want one in BROWN!' African American psychologist attacks bra...
The lingerie industry has been attacked by an African American psychologist who says it has been ignoring the diversity of its consumers.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 17:55
Man turns home into museum on segregation
Plant City, Florida - Can you imagine going on a road trip and being away from home overnight but you're not able stop and use the bathroom, get a hotel room or even eat a hot meal where you'd like because of the color of your skin? That's what life was like for African-Americans during segregation.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 13:31
NAACP Ceo Ben Jealous speaks to York students
The York School graduate who ascended to become president and CEO of the NAACP returned home to the Peninsula this week, bringing with him an optimistic but pragmatic view of the state of our union.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 09:26
Year-over-year Jobs Data By Race And Education
Hard-hit African-Americans and the most-educated Americans enjoyed the most improved job prospects in the 12 months ending in January.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 05:27
Report Shows Large Drop in African-American Unemployment
The unemployment rate among African-Americans dropped by more than two percentage points from December to January, according to the labor department's report released Friday.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 05:26
Nia Norfleet Strives To Become Nascars First Black Female Driver
In 2012, despite the myriad of records and firsts for African-Americans in sports, one franchise has yet to see its first African-American female member: NASCAR drivers. Twenty-four-year-old Tia Norfleet, as the daughter of professional racecar driver Bobby Norfleet, is determined to take that historic drive one day soon. Tia Norfleet is making history as... the first and only woman to be issued a NASCAR license in the organization's 63-year history. While that is a huge accomplishment, Norfleet continues to work toward her goal of becoming the first black female driver.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 01:49
US Rep Jackson Faces First Democratic Challenge
The former congresswoman and one-time Mary Kay saleswoman dashed up to the pulpit of the black megachurch and offered stories of growing up poor and raising two children on her own as she tried to win the congregation's support for her bid to unseat Rep.
topix.net | 04-Feb-2012 00:22
Will racism hinder Obama's re-election?
The role of race in that election, they argue, was similar to the impact religion had in the 1960 presidential race when many voters rejected John F. Kennedy simply because he was Catholic.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 21:17
Out & about
All weekend - 'TRENCH ART: PRODUCTIVE PASTIMES FROM THE DEBRIS OF WAR' - Ends Feb.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 17:03
Nearly 700 women donate breast tissue for research
Nearly 700 women have donated healthy breast tissue to the nation's only facility to collect, catalog and analyze tissue for breast cancer research.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 12:48
Underground Railroad Freedom Center battling tough times
Robert Cooley teaches his daughter Cree Rayford, 7, about a slave house Dec. 2. / By Jeff Swinger, The Cincinnati Enquirer, via Gannett CINCINNATI - It opened to great fanfare and promise in 2004.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 10:39
Music Legends Pay Tribute to the Late Don Cornelius
Some of the world's biggest soul and R&B stars have come forward to remember and pay tribute to Soul Train legend Don Cornelius , who died Wednesday morning of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 75.
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 06:29
Highline School Board member Tyrone Curry on List of 100 African Americans Making History
Highline School Board Member Tyrone Curry has been named to a list of "100 History Makers in the Making" by theGrio.com. The list "honors Black History Month by highlighting the next generation of African-American history makers and industry leaders who have the potential to make a difference in the lives of all Americans," according to a press ... (more)
topix.net | 03-Feb-2012 02:19
Al Sharpton Checks Gingrich Supporter Over Racism
During the Florida primary coverage last night on MSNBC , Rev. Al Sharpton and Rick Tyler , a strategist for the Gingrich-backing super-PAC , Winning Our Future, entered into a heated exchange that covered topics from food stamps to black role models to the president singing.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 22:05
Annual Love Feast will honor community leaders
Tickets are on sale for the African/African-American Love Feast and Recognition Dinner, which is scheduled for 2 to 5 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Holidome near the West Manchester Mall.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 17:50
SPOTLIGHT: Tuskegee Airmen spent time in Rantoul
On March 22, 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron - the first unit of the Tuskegee Airmen - was activated not in Tuskegee, Ala., but at an Army Air Corps training facility in Illinois known as Chanute Field.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 13:40
Maya Angelou hosts Black History Month special
In this Jan. 14, 2012, file photo, Maya Angelou speaks after receiving the Literary Arts Award during the BET Honors at the Warner Theatre in Washington.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 09:26
Rep. Jim Moran (D): Rep. Allen West 'Not Representative Of African-American Community'
Last year, Anti-Semite A Jim Moran blamed a majority of racist Americans forA the Republican victories in the 2010 mid-term election.A Now Moran is comparing Governor Jan Brewer and Rep.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 08:26
Obama Targets Black Voters in New Campaign
President Obama on Wednesday launched an aggressive, targeted effort aimed at engaging African-American supporters for his 2012 campaign.
topix.net | 02-Feb-2012 04:21