Archive for April 23rd, 2008

Nashville Tennessean: Rev. Wright’s comments continue to be attacked

To the Editor: . The letter of April 11, that Rev. Jeremiah Wright's "inflammatory sermon" proves that churches are bastions of racism was simply ...

Baltimore Sun: Diversity takes the stage

The Color Purple, which affirmed that black-themed plays can draw huge black audiences to Broadway, will open at the Hippodrome Theatre next week ...

WSBRadio.com: Cosby, Judge Youth Chat

They called it "a Bill Cosby moment" when an Atlanta judge cleared whites from his courtroom to lecture black youth last month. Thursday evening ...

Hillary Clinton takes The Low Road to Victory - New York Times

The Pennsylvania campaign, which produced yet another inconclusive result on Tuesday, was even meaner, more vacuous, more desperate, and more filled with pandering than the mean, vacuous, desperate, ...

CBS 9 Oklahoma City (KWTV): Astronaut to be honored by University of Oklahoma

The first black person to walk in space will receive an award from the University of Oklahoma during a visit to Norman this week.. . Astronaut ...

ArkansasMatters.com: New Breast Cancer Rates

Many women stopped taking Hormone Replacement Therapy, back in 2002, when research showed it may increase the risk for breast cancer. A new study ...

LA Weekly: Have Movie Stereotypes Returned?

Last summer, at Phil Spector's murder trial, the defense played a video made by Spector's alleged victim, actress Lana Clarkson. The half-hour ...

Gazette.Net: Group seeks to form new NAACP chapter in Prince George’s

A group of Prince George's residents are waging a battle to form a new county branch of the NAACP, claiming the current organization has not ...

Atlanta Journal Constitution: Judge Arrington says he was a ‘thug’

Judge Marvin Arrington had seen and heard enough.. . The parade of black men and women - criminals and mothers of criminals - he saw every day ...

Yahoo! News: WE MUST THINK HARDER WHEN ASSIGNING PATRIOTIC LABELS

I never saw my father wear a flag pin, but he was a patriot. He was more faithful to the United States of America than I would have been if my life ...

Star Jones to Al Reynolds: Honey, it’s over!

*It's been a staple of gossip mags and blogs for months now and it looks like it's finally happened. Star Jones Reynolds is divorcing Al Reynolds, her husband of three years.>

Honolulu Advertiser: TAG to cast entire season in May 20-21 auditions

The Actors Guild, the intimate Kaka'ako theater, will hold a mass tryout from 6:30 to 9 p.m. May 20-21 for all seven plays of the 2008-09 season ...

Memphis Commercial Appeal: Essay contest connects Gandhi and King

Every year, the Indian Community Fund in collaboration with the National Civil Rights Museum has conducted an annual essay contest open to all high ...

Media Experts Discuss Race Conversation

Throughout the presidential campaign, the media have focused on how race has affected the contest between Sens. Obama and Clinton. But questions have arisen about whether the reporting reflects reality. A roundtable of reporters and media analysts discuss how the media have shaped the race conversation.

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Buffalo News: Herman A. Price, 102, World War II Army veteran

Services for Herman A. Price, a 102-year-old World War II serviceman believed to be the oldest veteran in Western New York, are scheduled for noon ...