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  In the past couple of weeks, the phones at A.A. Rayner & Sons Modern Funeral Service have been ringing off the hook. Since word

“What do [white people] call a Negro PhD? … A Nigger” … Malcolm X, circa 1961 So, Professor Henry Louis Gates, you want to address

  President Barack Obama’s signing of the Car Allowance Rebate System helps you purchase a new, fuel-efficient automobile after you trade in a less fuel-efficient

  President Barack Obama held an press conference today to address the remarks that he made about the arrest of Dr. Henry Louis “Skip” Gates

President Barack Obama held an press conference today to address the remarks that he made about the arrest of Dr. Henry Louis “Skip” Gates at

  The GOP has been taking shots at Barack Obama since he emerged as the front-runner for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. Now, six months

The GOP has been taking shots at Barack Obama since he emerged as the front-runner for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. Now, six months into

  When Harvard Professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr. can be arrested for just trying to get into his own Cambridge, Mass., home, it drives

When “Black in America” aired last summer on CNN, the poignant, touching and sometimes-controversial documentary was a glimpse of what it meant to be an

  Now that Barack Obama is president, blacks are on easy street, right? Not so fast says Al Sharpton. While some view Obama’s inauguration to

  The controversy surrounding The Valley Club in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., rejecting a group of students from the Creative Steps Day Camp who tried to

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Now that Barack Obama is president, blacks are on easy street, right? Not so fast says Al Sharpton. While some view Obama’s inauguration to the

  It was one of the lasting images from Nov. 4, 2008. As thousands of people in Chicago’s Grant Park stood in anticipation of seeing

It was one of the lasting images from Nov. 4, 2008. As thousands of people in Chicago’s Grant Park stood in anticipation of seeing America’s

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California Congresswoman Maxine Waters, a longtime proponent for the abolishment of mandatory minimum sentences, was in Washington, D.C., for the Congressional Black Caucus’ “Rethinking Federal

  President Barack Obama recently experienced a personal encounter that summed up the healthcare crisis in America. During a town hall meeting at Northern Virginia

  The American government has finally decided to publicly acknowledge that black American slaves were used to build the nation’s capitol. With a vote of

  Many people continue to dismiss Rev. Jesse Jackson as irrelevant to this generation, but when it comes to some issues, the Reverend still goes