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• Klan Rally Held before the Ole Miss-LSU Game

  
  Your Black World — Authority: 434
  Members of the Ku Klux Klan protest on the steps of Fulton Chapel at the University of Mississippi (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Ryan Moore) OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — About a dozen hooded Ku Klux Klan members rallied briefly at the University of Mississippi before Saturday’s football game with No. 10 LSU. The ...
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• Dr. Boyce Watkins on Black Planet – 11/22/09

  
  The Boyce Blog — Authority: 496
  OPINION: Depression in the Black Community – Why it is a Serious Problem By Dr. Boyce Watkins November 22, 2009 8:27 am Read more about OPINION: Depression in the Black Community – Why it is a Serious Problem TAGS: african american doctors , african american news , black doctors , black ...
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• Your Health News: Another Hurdle Jumped for Healthcare Reform

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 122
  WASHINGTON – A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. The bill would extend coverage to roughly 31 million who lack it, crack down ...
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• Legendary rapper KRS One to help feed thousands this Thanksgiving.

  
  Let's Talk Honestly — Authority: 132
  In a sign that there is much good in Hip Hop legendary rapper KRS One of the group BDP ( Boogie Down Productions ) will be helping to feed thousands this Thanksgiving at the very shelter he once stayed in. Let’s hope others follow his example. Read the whole story here: ...
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• Oscar Grants Killers Trial Moved To Los Angeles

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 482
  Big news in the case of the former BART police officer who was videotaped fatally shooting an unarmed 22-year-old Black man named Oscar Grant on January 1, 2009. The judge has moved the trial of 27-year-old Johannes Mehserle to Los Angeles County from Alameda County : The trial of a white former ...
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• OPINION: Depression in the Black Community – Why it is a Serious Problem

  
  NewsOne — Authority: 632
  Depression in the black community is a serious issue, but is long neglected by many of us.  According to the National Institute for Mental Health, 54 percent of all Americans consider depression to be a personal weakness.  While I am not one to distinguish between the cases where depression is imagined or ...
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• Another Hurdle Jumped for Healthcare Reform

  
  Your Black World — Authority: 434
  WASHINGTON – A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. The bill would extend coverage to roughly 31 million who lack it, crack down ...
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• African-American visibility in advertising, Chicagos Commonground businessowners discuss marketing

  
  Message from Montie — Authority: 466
  Photo courtesy of FoxBrownFox PR, Ahmad Islam (left) Sherman Wright (right) A commercial is a food or bathroom break for me. I usually dont pay attention to advertisements, but in the past few months Ive noticed a pattern in marketing. Its not just the Walmart or McDonalds commercials. Im seeing it in Tide, Pine ...
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• OPINION: Heather Ellis Finally Tells Her Story – Why I Believe Her

  
  NewsOne — Authority: 632
  Heather Ellis is the woman who once faced up to 15-years in prison in an incident stemming from being accused of cutting the line at Wal-Mart.  We fought for Heather for weeks, but I’d never had a chance to actually speak with her.  Finally, she called me and we had the chance to talk.  It was a two hour ...
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• Presidential Weekly Address: November 21, 2009

  
  THE KALEIDOSCOPE FACTOR: A Unique Collection of African American News and Commentary — Authority: 436
  President Obama Visits The Great Wall Of China WEEKLY ADDRESS: President Obama’s Overseas Trip Focused on Better Relations with Asia and Creating Jobs at Home   WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, President Barack Obama described the progress made during his trip to Asia, and detailed steps the ...
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• Prospective Lesbian Adoptive Parents Looking Towards Tomorrow

  
  The Egg Drop Post — Authority: 110
  Tomorrow, Nadia and I are going to an ‘adoption conference’. I learned about it today when I was surfing the net. The conference will be held from 9 to 5 and will feature 90 workshops; it should be informative. I will meet different attorneys, adoption agency reps and other adoptive lesbian and gay parents, so ...
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• The Anti-Communism of Barack Obama

  
  Kasama — Authority: 432
  The following presentation was given at the Rethinking Marxism conference. It is detailed and nuanced — but on hearing it delivered by Barbara Foley there was also a very sharp and even emotional impact. It lays bare the fact that Obama’s politics and purpose are the opposite of the hidden socialism he is accused ...
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• Disney African American Princess Tiana Doll: “Just One Kiss”

  
  3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog — Authority: 561
  There’s a new Disney princess doll coming to town.  And she’s the first African American Princess, named Tiana.  This is a first in the history of Disney, going back for many decades.The African American Princess Tiana, “Just One Kiss Doll” reenacts a climactic scene from the new Disney movie “The Princess ...
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• Scam targeted 30 black churches and got each for $45,000

  
  Let's Talk Honestly — Authority: 132
  The California State Attorney General is investigating four individuals who scammed at least 30 black churches in California. These individuals got the churches to buy computer kiosk that did not work for $45,000 a piece even though they were suppossed to be free. Read more here ...
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• Post-It Weekend: Day at the Movies

  
  Blogs Her Color — Authority: 121
  We made it through another week and now it’s time for a Post-It Weekendd.There are a lot of great Black or Black cast movies that have come out in the last few m onths; Precious, Good Hair, the latest Tyler Perry movie, etc.  and your blogs have been all a buz about them. So here’s your chance to show off your ...
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• Black Madonnas, Black Messiahs

  
  Bah Thought — Authority: 110
  I was just speaking with my mother about the new disaster film 2012 . While we disagreed about the merits of the film (mom loved it, I hated it), we agreed that as African Americans, the portrayal of our race was quite gratifying. 2012 featured not only an African American President (talk about art imitating life!) ...
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• The Disney African American Princess, Tiana and the “Just One Kiss Doll”

  
  Unique-Article-Database.com — Authority: 144
  It’s finally happened.  After decades, Disney has created the first African American Princess, Princess Tiana .  Princess Tiana is the heroine of the new Disney movie “The Princess and the Frog”.  Along with the movie, of course there will be Princess Tiana dolls. Princess Tiana has a special role to ...
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• Oprah Winfrey Show To Call It A Day In 2011

  
  The Next Post | Beyond The Blogging Experience — Authority: 104
  The new year is just days away. And 2011 is still out of sight. But the woman who is ranked among the worlds most powerful women, celebrities and media personalities has announced that her iconic TV talk show "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will be taken off the air come 2011. The news spread like wildfire. An emotional ...
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• Dr. Boyce Watkins: Jesse Jackson Gets into it with the CBC

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 122
  by Dr. Boyce Watkins , Black Planet , Your Black World Coalition I love speaking with Rev. Jesse Jackson.  He walks and talks like a man who has seen and heard nearly everything.  Our civil rights leaders are social hubs through which many members of our society must travel in order to reach their ...
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• Jesse Jackson Gets into it with the CBC

  
  Black Politics, Black Voters, Black People — Authority: 118
  by Dr. Boyce Watkins , Black Planet   I love speaking with Rev. Jesse Jackson.  He walks and talks like a man who has seen and heard nearly everything.  Our civil rights leaders are social hubs through which many members of our society must travel in order to reach their destinations.   You can’t call ...
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