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• Army Pvt. Ashley C. Martin graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Martin, a 2006 graduate of Phoebus High School, is the daughter of Robert Carpenter of Hampton. • Air Force Airman Paul R. Griffith Jr. graduated from basic...Tags: Society, Civil Rights, Slavery, Defense, Justice and Rights
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Will Michelle Obama unite nation's feminists?
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — Gina McCauley's blog on African-American women in pop culture has never attracted this kind of attention. The 3-year-old site has a mostly African-American audience. But she launched a new Michelle Obama Watch blog in June to monitor...Tags: Civil Rights, Primaries, Texas, Periodicals, Justice and Rights
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Transcript: Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. speech to the National Press Club
NATIONAL PRESS CLUB SPEAKER BREAKFAST WITH THE REVEREND DR. JEREMIAH WRIGHT, SENIOR PASTOR OF THE TRINITY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS TOPIC: THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE MODERATOR: DONNA LEINWAND, REPORTER, USA TODAY, AND...Tags: United Airlines, Civil Rights, Louisiana, Malcolm X, Ku Klux Klan
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Do not eat shrimp if you want to hit home runs . . . I think
WatchdogI took the day off from blogging Saturday but got myself back into the spirit Sunday morning watching Stan Verrett co-anchor the late SportsCenter. Stan kept me on my toes by dishing one non sequitur after another, just to make......Tags: Johnny Damon, Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball, Baseball
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Stan Verrett is wary of eating shrimp after home runs
WatchdogI'm happy to announce on this Memorial Day that for the first time WatchDog has an official favorite SportsCenter anchor. Congrats to Stan Verrett, who achieved this honor for two reasons: He generally does a nice job, and it turns......Tags: Basketball, Demographics, National Basketball Association, Baseball, Dwyane Wade
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Breathing new life into Martin Luther King's dream
dfreedlander@am-ny.comFor some New Yorkers, today's holiday is actually a day to get to work. At least that's the idea in Queens and other parts of the city, where some 10,000 volunteers are expected to participate in a Martin Luther King National Day of Service and lead food...Tags: Civil Rights, Ronald Reagan, Government, St. Albans, Herbert Daughtry
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Mayor Sheila Dixon's inaugural address
Thank you. I start today where all things start: With God. Without Him, nothing of any real importance is possible. With Him, anything and everything are possible. Our biggest dreams come within reach when we couple faith in Him with hard work, focus,...Tags: Civil and Public Service, Academic Progress, Family, Prosecution, Crimes
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Snapshots in time
Significant local events in nearly four centuries of African-American history:
1626: Slavery is introduced in New York, then known as the colony of New Netherlands, as 11 blacks are brought in for enforced work.
1706: New York colonial law prohibits...Tags: Malcolm X, Riots, Theater, Literature, Anglican
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A no-joke weekend of very cool things
Tribune staff reporterYes, yes. Detroit.Here's the image--"Detroit's like a bombed-out city with a new ballpark"--and that's wrong. There are two new ballparks. I know what you're thinking: Is this a joke? Didn't we already do Cleveland? Why would anyone choose Detroit as a...Tags: Public Holidays, Road Transportation, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Statue of Liberty, Thanksgiving
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Speaking to a key figure in black history
Q. If you could speak to a key figure in black history, whom would you choose and what would you say? I would like to speak to Harriet Tubman and I would ask her where she found the strength to return to the South and lead slaves to freedom on the...Tags: Stevie Wonder, Jackie Robinson, Music, Isiah Thomas, Harriet Tubman
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Significant Events Through the Years
1626: Slavery was introduced in New York, then called the colony of New Netherlands, as 11 blacks were brought in for enforced work. 1706: New York colonial law prohibited slaves from testifying for or against a free man in civil or criminal cases....Tags: Joe Louis, Slavery, Malcolm X, Riots, Literature
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Part 1: The news spreads on Death Row
Special to the TribunePrologue On a courtroom bench, Dick Cunningham looked like any other lawyer. He wore a nice suit that blended in with all the suits around him. But if you looked closer, along the floor, in the row of shiny wingtips, you'd see a pair of weather-beaten...Tags: Illnesses, Crimes, Lawyers, Malcolm X, Prologue
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