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Blacks Are Increasing Their Participation in the Advanced Placement Program

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By 2009 the number of AP exams taken by black seniors had jumped to 152,726, more than 22 times as many exams that were taken by black students in 1990.
 

White House: One In Five African Americans Without Health Care Insurance

In Civil Rights, Politics & Law posted by TD Staff
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Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, writes a blog about the health disparities in our community.
 

First African-American Women in the US Navy

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Frances Wills and Harriet Pickens were among the last class of WAVES officer candidates who were trained at Smith College.

L.A. Angels Torii Hunter Says Afro-Latinos Aren’t Black?

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According to L.A. Angels center fielder, Black Latinos don’t count when it comes to the race disparity in baseball.

More Rush Ruckus, More Steele Silence

In Civil Rights, Politics & Law posted by TD Staff
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While Rush Limbaugh continues his racial riffs on slavery, RNC head Michael Steele hasn’t criticized him.

Saving Boston’s African American ‘Banner’

In Arts, Culture & Leisure posted by TD Staff
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Can the mayor, a banker and a Harvard prof turn around the city’s African-American weekly?
 

The history of the Black U.S. Marine

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Executive Order 8802 issued on June 25, 1941, which prohibited all racial discrimination in the Armed services, forced the Marine Corps to recruit African Americans and other minorities in 1942.
 



Jamaican could become first black musher to complete longest dog sled race

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Later this month, Newton Marshall, 26, will take part in the Iditarod, a 1,150-mile dog-sled race across the icy wilderness of Alaska. The race is hailed as one of the world’s great endurance tests.
 

Florida state lawmakers want to ban public display of noose

In Civil Rights, Politics & Law posted by TD Staff
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The picture, spread virally on the Web, was the last straw for state Sen. Frederica Wilson. It showed a man posing in front of the White House with a noose wrapped around an American flag.
 

Smithsonian Receives Rare Harriet Tubman Items

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On Wednesday, historian Charles L. Blockson donated about 40 objects from Tubman’s life to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
 

Nation’s Lone Black Owned Jet Service To Close

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In addition to being the only black-owned charter jet service operation in the country, Opa Locka Flightline is also the only black-owned business of any type currently operating at Opa Locka Airport.
 

Blacks politically motivated beyond Obama

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According to polling, the party’s large black voting bloc is eager to stay involved even without Barack Obama on the ballot.  Will we actually show up at the polls though?
 

Keith Bulluck gives nine scholarships in honor of Steve McNair

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Tennessee Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck surprised nine high school students Monday night by presenting them with $1,000 in scholarship money in the name of his late teammate Steve McNair.
 

 

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