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Catholic Clergy Members Get Early Look At MLK Memorial
From WAMU.org: The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial won't be unveiled for another month, but one group had the chance to get a sneak peek at it yesterday. Read more here. Permalink | Email...
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230 Fifth Owner Fighting Club's $500M Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
From the Gothamist: Flatiron bar and lounge 230 Fifth (you may recall its rooftop bar as the host of Kobayashi's controversial solo hotdog eating contest on July 4) is at the center of a $500 million...
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First Look At Lauryn Hill's Baby Boy
Filed under: Celeb Updates From BlackCelebKids.com Proud sisters Selah,12, and Sarah,3, Marley hold on to their new baby brother! Singer Lauryn Hill welcomed her sixth child this past weekend(July...
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Horn of Africa: On the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisis
From the Boston Globe: One of the worst droughts in a century, compounded by high food prices and unremitting political strife, is spawning an immense humanitarian crisis on the Horn of Africa....
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A Black Panther's Guide to Oakland
From the Creosote Journal: There are few external markers to show you what David Hilliard knows about certain places in Oakland. He knows where to find the bullet holes that still pockmark a house,...
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How 'Try A Little Tenderness' Got Its Soul (And Lost It)
From the Awl: "Sounds so soulful, don't you agree?" That's Jay-Z, breaking in to admire the long, pitched-down passage from "Try A Little Tenderness" that opens "Otis," the second official leak from...
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T-Pain Takes on Auto-Tune Maker in New Lawsuit
From Billboard: Ah, auto-tune, the popular vocal effect used by producers to correct a singer's pitch. It's impossible to turn on modern hip-hop radio these days without hearing it. Now T-Pain, the...
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Gallery: Weekly Style Roundup
Filed under: Celebrity Style , Red Carpet This week celebrities were spotted out and about shopping, and singer Kelly Rowland released her new album 'Here I Am.' At the release party, the former...
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Watch Trailer for 'Boys of Summer'
From indieWire: Tribeca and ESPN Films documentary Boys of Summer, directed by Keith Aumont, stars Vernon Isabella and the Curaçao All-Star Team. The documentary film won the Audience Award for Best...
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Lauryn's Hill's New Straigtened Do
Filed under: Celebrity Hairstyles Lauryn Hill debuted her choppy new do at L.A. Rising at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Just days after confirming that Rohan Marley was not the father of her sixth...
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5 Years' probation for Malcolm X Daughter in Theft
From CBS News: A daughter of Malcolm X has been sentenced to five years of probation for stealing the identity of an elderly family friend to run up big credit card bills. Prosecutors say Malikah...
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'Gentrification' Covers Black and White Middle-Class Home Buyers in the District
From the Washington Post: A group of young black professionals in Anacostia has gathered over spinach-strawberry salad and white wine, when the conversation turns, as if often does, to what they call...
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In Kenya, Forced Male Circumcision and a Struggle for Justice
From the Atlantic: The mob, members of an outlawed gang, blindfolded Walter Odondi with a strip of cloth and steered him through the narrow alleys of Nairobi's Kibera slum, slapping him with the flat...
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Obama Has Ideas For Malia's First Car, Including A 'Boy Ejector'
Filed under: News From Huffington Post: While the President isn't too worried about aging himself ("Michelle still thinks I'm cute," he reassured NPR), he does have concerns about his daughters growing...
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Who Killed the R&B Group?
From the Root: At Washington, D.C.'s DAR Constitution Hall, the crowd -- a mix of distinguished salt-and-pepper goatees and shellacked updos -- awaits Charlie Wilson, former front man for the Gap...
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'Red Tails' Trailer And Release Date
From the Huffington Post: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas conceived of a film about brave fighter pilots. No, not "Star Wars," but the true-life tale of the barrier-shattering...
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Fantasia Confirms Pregnancy, Says She's Not Hiding It Anymore
Filed under: Celeb Updates From Clutch: After much speculation, rumor and Internet innuendo, Fantasia recently announced that she was pregnant with her second child. The announcement came as the former...
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Black Surfer Documentary 'Whitewash' Narrated by Ben Harper, Black Thought...
Filed under: Movies From indieWire: Narrated by Ben Harper and Tariq "Black Thought" of The Roots, the 75-minuted documentary film 'Whitewash' will be available on DVD and VOD on October 4, 2011. Read...
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The Assault on Welfare
Filed under: Women's Health, Lifestyle/ Health From Clutch: We've all seen her - the young black girl at the bus stop with a couple kids at her heels, one in a stroller, and another on the way. We want...
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The New Spider-Man: Half-black, All Hero
From USA Today: Revealed in Marvel Comics' Ultimate Fallout Issue 4, out Wednesday, the new Spider-Man in the Ultimate universe is a half-black, half-Hispanic teen named Miles Morales. He takes over...
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