Baltimore Sun: Celebrating ‘Peerless’ determination, good times, camaraderie
Decades before African-Americans were allowed on the same playing fields with white players, ages before the likes of Julius Erving and Michael ...
Archive for April 15th, 2008
Roanoke Times: School board member named Citizen of Year
The Christiansburg/Blacksburg Rotary Club named Montgomery County school board member Penny Franklin its Citizen of the Year in a ceremony Monday ...
The Aspen Times: Why Obama’s choice of churches does matter
When I grew up in Carbondale, Colo., my parents started looking for a church for our family to attend. They visited several churches on successive ...
Summit Daily News: Summit County’s own Ward Churchill
According to a recent opinion piece by Gary Lindstrom, a "teacher" of United States revisionist history, African Americans remained slaves for 100 ...
Charleston Post and Courier: N. Charleston police investigate robbery
North Charleston police are investigating an armed robbery at the El Cheapo at 6710 Dorchester Road on Tuesday.. . Two black males in camouflage ...
Richmond Times-Dispatch: Richmond and race
The first battle for the city of Richmond was in the Revolutionary War. The second was in the Civil War.. . But the third battle for the city was ...
First Science: Stopping hormone therapy did not reduce cancer risk…
The decreased incidence of invasive breast cancer in the United States seen in 2002 and 2003 did not extend to women of African ancestry ...
Hollywood Reporter: Eyewitness to Murder — The King Assassination
6 and 9 p.m. Thursday, April 3 CNN In America, for every great historical tragedy, there is at least one conspiracy theory. I'm not sure when this ...
Detroit News: Flavor Flav gives sitcom a whirl
If you thought there was nothing else Flavor Flav could do to set back the image of African Americans, you were wrong. His VH1 reality dating show ...
Alicia Keys Statement Regarding ‘Controversial’ Blender Magazine Interview
Alicia Keys explains some of the controversial statements that were taken out of context.
Town Hall: What’s One Life Worth When It Comes to the Politics of Immigration?
Nothing illustrates the all-consuming desire of the segment of the political left that seeks to transform America through immigration than the ...
Harvard Crimson: The Crack in the Glass Ceiling
Many Democrats insist that prejudice is keeping women and minorities out of politics and business. In this frame, their presidential candidates are ...
The Milford Daily News: Parker: Profiles in education courage
Two recent studies show the complexity in assessing educational progress in our nation.. . One, the National Assessment of Educational Progress ...
Virginian-Pilot: Getting everybody in the water
Shaun Anderson stood on the deck of Norfolk State University's pool, allowing Wanda Butts to captivate the audience as he knew she would. If ...
Knoxville News-Sentinel: Parker: Courage needed in education
Two recent studies show the complexity in assessing educational progress in our nation.. . One, the National Assessment of Educational Progress ...