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• ABC News – Tiger Woods’ Accident Shakes Advertisers

  
  Dr. Boyce Watkins "The People's Scholar" — Authority: 127
  Word that Tiger Woods was involved in an early morning car accident likely rattled not just fans, but also the broad swath of major corporations that rely on Woods’ star power to sell everything from sports drinks, T-shirts and razors to golf tournament tickets.Reports say the golf star hit a fire hydrant and a tree ...
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• Dr. Wilmer Leon: Obama’s Social Agenda and What We Need for America

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 124
  Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III , Your Black World , Howard University   Early on the campaign trail, presidential candidate Barack Obama said, "This country is ready for a transformative politics of the sort that John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt represented." Socially, President Obama is beginning to ...
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• Dr. Boyce: Setting the Record Straight on Heather Ellis

  
  Dr. Boyce Watkins "The People's Scholar" — Authority: 127
   Jury selection for Heather Ellis continuesHeather Ellis case one in a long line of Missouri’s racial injusticesThis Nov. 4, 2009 file photo shows Heather Ellis, left, arm-in-arm with her mother, Hester Ellis, exiting the Stoddard County Justice Center in Bloomfield, Mo. (AP Photo/Corey Noles, Dexter Daily ...
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• Dr. Boyce Watkins: Jesse Jackson Gets into it with the CBC

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 124
  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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• Dr. Boyce: Jesse Jackson vs. Artur Davis

  
  Dr. Boyce Watkins "The People's Scholar" — Authority: 127
  by Dr. Boyce Watkins 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 yourself a black man and ...
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• Heather Ellis Takes the Plea, but Dr. Boyce Watkins has Questions

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 124
  by Dr. Boyce Watkins , Black Planet   I have been actively involved in the fight for Heather Ellis, the 24-year old school teacher now facing up to 15-years in prison for cutting line at a local Wal-Mart .  Although Heather has now reached a plea deal with prosecutors over her arrested, there are still ...
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• Dr. Boyce Watkins – The Heather Ellis Case: All About Racism

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 124
  by Dr. Boyce Watkins , Syracuse University   My mother raised me to believe that black men are supposed to stand up for black women . Heather Ellis is the woman who now faces 15-years in prison for an incident deriving from her being accused of cutting line at a Walmart. Based on my knowledge of the Heather ...
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• Your Black News: Memphis Benefit Planned for Heather Ellis

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 124
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• What to make of the punch by the Columbia University Professor – Dr. Boyce

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 124
  by Dr. Boyce Watkins , Syracuse University   When I heard that black Columbia University professor Lionel McIntyre punched out a white university employee , I was obviously taken aback. I was even more intrigued by the fact that the two were having a heated conversation about white privilege when the alleged ...
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• News: African American students told to pick cotton in front of white classmates

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 124
  A history lesson that asked black elementary students to act like slaves has sparked protests from parents and teachers at a North Carolina school Wednesday. During a field trip to Latta Plantation, three students from Rea View Elementary in Waxhaw were chosen by tour guide Ian Campbell to wear bags and mimic ...
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• Your Black News: Special Prosecutor Assigned to the Heather Ellis Case

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 124
  The Dunklin County prosecuting attorney has stepped aside in a criminal case with racial overtones, and Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle has been appointed as special prosecutor. Swingle has been asked to prosecute Kennett resident Heather Ellis. In an incident at the Kennett Walmart in 2007, ...
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• What Do the Cleveland Murders Say About Our Society?

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 124
  by Dr. Boyce Watkins , Syracuse University   Anthony Sowell is a name that most of us would like to forget. Sowell is the 50-year-old man in Cleveland found to have 11 corpses in his home after being arrested on a rape charge. His neighbors noticed the smell, but some blamed it on the sausage factory next ...
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• Chris Brown vs. Rihanna: Time to Butt Out

  
  Dr. Boyce Watkins "The People's Scholar" — Authority: 127
  When I heard that Chris Brown hit his ex-girlfriend Rihanna, I was concerned and surprised.  I also found myself irritated by the fact that many women, along with my teenage daughters, were quick to forgive Chris for his actions, primarily because they think he has a great voice and a cute face.  I had little [...]
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• Jay Z vs. Beanie Sigal: A Lesson in Corporate Power

  
  Dr. Boyce Watkins "The People's Scholar" — Authority: 127
   Consider it a strange dream, but I had some thoughts about the Jay-Z beef with the rapper Beanie Sigal. No, I’m not here to talk about keeping street cred. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Half of the artists in the hip hop industry are not nearly as hard or as real as they claim to be. They’re [...]
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• Dr. Boyce Watkins: Michael Baisden Steps to the Plate on the Heather Ellis Case

  
  Dr. Boyce Watkins "The People's Scholar" — Authority: 127
  by Dr. Boyce Watkins Just when you thought black celebrities didn’t care anymore, the "Bad Boy of Radio,"Michael Baisden announced today that he is going to give $5,000 to the legal defense fund of the family of Heather Ellis, a 24-year old black female college student who faces 15-years in prison after cutting in ...
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• Dr. Wilmer Leon: The Heather Ellis Case Reminds us to Refer to the Constitution

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 124
  Dr. Wilmer Leon , Howard University , Sirius/XM Satellite, Your Black World One of the things that make America unique is its Constitution, specifically the Bill of Rights. In its original form, the Constitution did not include a list of basic civil liberties or guarantees to the individual. Many prominent ...
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• Dr. Wilmer Leon Speaks on the Heather Ellis Case

  
  Dr. Boyce Watkins "The People's Scholar" — Authority: 127
  Dr. Wilmer Leon, Howard UniversityOne of the things that make America unique is its Constitution, specifically the Bill of Rights. In its original form, the Constitution did not include a list of basic civil liberties or guarantees to the individual. Many prominent Americans, including Thomas Jefferson insisted that a ...
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• Dr Boyce: Ben Bernanke’s Racially Ridiculous Comments

  
  Dr. Boyce Watkins "The People's Scholar" — Authority: 127
  I’ve always had mixed feelings about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. I feel that he is better than the previous chairman, Alan Greenspan, but the Fed Chairmanship (like the presidency) is almost never given to the right man. Just the fact that it is almost always given to a man is problematic enough, and the ...
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• What are the Ingredient in the Swine Flu Vaccine?

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 124
    by Dr. Elaina George , Your Black World Medical Correspondent There has been a lot of confusion about what ingredients are in the H1N1 Vaccine. In order to distill the information to make it easier for you to make an informed choice, here is a brief synopsis of the information provided by the ...
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• Barack Obama’s Fed Chair Makes some Unfortunate and Possibly Racist Remarks

  
  Black Public Scholars — Authority: 124
  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke listens to businessmen following an address in Chatham, Mass., Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Last spring when Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke visited Morehouse College , an undergraduate student asked him what accounts for the enormous racial ...
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