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NYPD: De Blasio's And Bratton's “Broken Windows” Will Cause Broken Necks...
Pregnant Miller....[Speaking Truth To Power]Will Mayor’s de Blasio’s reported acceptance of the “broken windows” police policy prove to be just as damaging to the Black community—as Stop-and-Frisk...
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Rep. Rangel Deplores Gen. Museveni's Past "Hateful" Statements On Slavery,...
Gen. Museveni's hateful statements targeting victims of slavery, praising Hitler, and denigrating members of LGBT community, condemned by RangelRep. Charles Rangel, one of America's longest serving...
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Eric Garner's Death Ruled Homicide By New York Medical Examiner As...
Pantaleo, who killed Garner with a choke-hold, shown leftNew York City's Medical Examiner has officially ruled a homicide the choke-hold killing of Eric Garner an unarmed Staten Island resident by...
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To Meet Your Fund-raising Goals Be On Same Page As Your Team
[FUNdraising Good Times]This is what we learned from Judy Davis membership outreach manager at the Metal Museum in Memphis: “I did not recruit leadership, instead I embraced leadership.” We were...
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A Talented Sexy Phantom: Norm Lewis
Norm LewisNorm Lewis is the “Phantom of the Opera.”Tall, dark, and handsome, Lewis is the first African-American to play this role on Broadway. Lewis commands a show where chandeliers rock, fire...
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Annulling Uganda's Anti-Gay Law: General Museveni Plays 'Political Condom'...
President Obama called it "odious" when law was being debated and included death penalty for LGBT community[Publisher's Commentary]Today's announcement by Uganda's Constitutional Court that it had...
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Summer in the City With Jazzy Jazz
What could be cooler than a warm July Friday evening being serenaded by the soulful jazz vocalist Tuliva Donna Cumberbatch, accompanied by The Come Sunday String Project.´ This is exactly what Jazzy...
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Charles Bobbit: The Man Who Dubbed James Brown Godfather of Soul
With the James Brown movie entitled “Get On Up,” being released this weekend, I was fortunate enough to speak with his long time friend and manager, Charles A. Bobbit.“I knew at 7 years old that I...
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Opposition Leaders Announce Formation Of FUF-FADDU Partnership "For...
Dr. Sam Mukasa, Co-Chair of FUF-FADDU Partnership, Prof. Mubiru Musoke, and Prof. Omara-Otunnu Co-Chair of FUF-FADDU PartnershipStatement By Professor Amii Omara-Otunnu, FUF Chairman and Dr. Sam...
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It Takes A Village To Raise Some Bronx Children -- And Their Kiwis
Marianne Wright Edelman For years the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx in New York, home to St. Ann's Episcopal Church, was the poorest section of the poorest Congressional district in the United...
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U.S.-Africa Summit: Activists Remind President Obama 'Africa Doesn't Need...
Moderator Shaka Ssali: photo shows part of panel -- Gatebuke, Allimadi, and Bakoko Activists who deal with issues of human rights, democratic governance, economic development and social justice in...
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Beyond The Here And Now: Remembering Eddie Ellis
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Prajje Jean Baptiste: Hatian-Born Designer's Fall 2014 Collections
[Fashion]On May 29 2014 Designer Prajje Jr. Jean-Baptiste was invited to headline at Color Revolution in Saint Maarten. Upon his arrival to the island he was taken by its great beauty.Prajje decided...
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Documentary Film Showing: “The Black Struggle in New York from 1960s to the...
Minister Clemson Brown[Community Announcements]FROM CEMOTAP1. Are You in Clemson Brown’s Video “The Black Struggle in New York from 1960s to the Present”?COME FIND OUT?August 9, at 2:00 PMCEMOTAP...
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As U.S.-Africa Summit Opens, Human Rights Abuses Gain Media Traction
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GHANA’S ONCE GOLDEN ECONOMY PLUNGES TO ‘GROUND ZERO’
Aug. 4 (GIN) – Expectations of a windfall from the discovery of oil have been dashed by a weakening cedi, with ordinary citizens feeling the pinch."Prices of ingredients in the market have been...
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U.S. PLAN FOR WIND FARM RILES OWNERS OF ‘ANCESTRAL LANDS’
Aug. 4 (GIN) – A proposed U.S. wind farm in Kenya must first overcome objections by farmer David Kinyanjui who says the farm would desecrate ancestral land where his father and mother are both...
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WHITE AMERICAN FIGHTS TO SAVE HIS ‘AFRICAN HERITAGE’ HOUSE FROM DEMOLITION
Aug. 4 (GIN) – A petition drive, organized by a white American settler in Kenya, is underway to preserve a grand multi-leveled red mud building of mixed African influences overlooking Nairobi National...
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SCIENTIST WHO DISCOVERED EBOLA DOESN’T SEE A GLOBAL THREAT
Aug. 4 (GIN) – The Belgian researcher who first identified the Ebola virus is playing down fears of a global pandemic.“I would sit next to an infected person on the train,” said Professor Peter Piot,...
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Obama Creates President's Advisory Council On Doing Business In Africa
President Obama[U.S.-Africa Business Leaders' Summit: Day Two]By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to promote...
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