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• ECSU and Tuskegee to meet in Pioneer Bowl

  
  AlumniUnit.com — Authority: 129
  Elizabeth City State University will face Tuskegee University in the 11th Pioneer Bowl on Dec. 5 at the Charlie W. Johnson Stadium in Columbia, S.C., the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) announced Wednesday.The game is schedule to start at ...
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• Heroic Failures

  
  RELIGION IN AMERICAN HISTORY — Authority: 422
  by John G. Turner Sometimes we encounter books we wish we had been able to read ten years ago. I used to assign my introductory students an essay that required them to analyze the respective views of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois on Reconstruction. After reading chapters from Up from Slavery and The ...
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• Savannah State, one of first HBCUs to offer degree in emergency management

  
  AlumniUnit.com — Authority: 129
  FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, addressed students and faculty at Savannah State University, in Savannah, Georgia, at an event sponsored by the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Student Organization (HSEMSO). The FEMA Administrator praised students for choosing to study emergency management and recognized ...
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• MillerCoors Donates 1.3 Million to Thurgood Marshall College Fund

  
  AlumniUnit.com — Authority: 129
  MillerCoors recently announced a donation of $1.3 million during the annual Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Leadership Institute and 22nd anniversary dinner weekend in New York City. The dinner raised a record $6.2 million and these funds will be used to assist in leadership development, programmatic support, ...
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• Proposal to merge Mississippi HBCUs draws fire

  
  AlumniUnit.com — Authority: 129
  Gov. Haley Barbour’s plan to merge Mississippi’s three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past and a decades-long legal battle over the historic underfunding of those schools.At Jackson State University, students have turned to Twitter and ...
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• Remarks of United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk at The United Negro College Fund

  
  DALLAS SOUTH — Authority: 120
  From the Office of the United States Trade Representative “Thank you all for having me here today. Thank you to Michael Sorrell for that introduction and for his work at Paul Quinn College, and my thanks as well to Michael Lomax for his incredible dedication as President of the UNCF. As United States Trade ...
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• Dr. Boyce Watkins: KKK Rally at Ole Miss University

  
  Black Politics, Black Voters, Black People — Authority: 118
  By Dr. Boyce Watkins , Syracuse University   I was intrigued by recent reports that the Ku Klux Klan had a rally on the Ole Miss Campus recently. It might surprise you to know that I am essentially unconcerned by their presence on campus. Don’t get me wrong, Klansmen are incredibly ignorant. Also, we cannot ...
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• Dr. Boyce Watkins: KKK Rally at Ole Miss University

  
  Your Black World — Authority: 433
  By Dr. Boyce Watkins   I was intrigued by recent reports that the Ku Klux Klan had a rally on the Ole Miss Campus recently. It might surprise you to know that I am essentially unconcerned by their presence on campus. Don’t get me wrong, Klansmen are incredibly ignorant. Also, we cannot deny their historical ...
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• Mississippi Governor Wants to Merge All of It’s HBCUs

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 123
  Gov. Haley Barbour’s plan to merge Mississippi’s three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past and a decades-long legal battle over the historic underfunding of those schools. At Jackson State University, students have turned to Twitter ...
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• Jena 6 teen maing the most of a second chance

  
  Let's Talk Honestly — Authority: 132
  Great news, 5 of the 6 ” Jena 6″ teens are now in college. The 6th who is still in High School Jesse Ray Bear is getting a second chance on life oustide of Jena and making the most of it. This has happened beacuse one of his lawyers took him into his household so that the young man would have a chance. Watch the ...
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• Klan Rally Held before the Ole Miss-LSU Game

  
  Your Black World — Authority: 433
  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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• An Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey (From Virginia DeBerry)

  
  TwoMindsFull — Authority:
  Dear Oprah: We dont sing karaoke or dance with the stars. We have been contributing to the cultural landscape long before Jon & Kate, Britney,Rhianna and Chris or Stephanie Meyer and most of America, including you have probably never even heard of us. We have railed against Kanyes proud pronouncement upon the ...
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• Article Title Unknown

  
  Life Upon the Sacred Stage — Authority: 128
  "I did it, didnt I? Through muck and mud." -- Mary Lou Williams To read other blog postings, visit http://uponthesacredstage.blogspot.comCopyright 2009 Retta Blaney
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• Dr. Boyce Watkins on Black Planet – 11/22/09

  
  The Boyce Blog — Authority: 515
  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: 123
  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: 638
  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: 433
  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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