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The “N-word”: What’s in a name, Black America?

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By H. Lewis Smith – Whenever the “massa” gave the enslaved black man something, no matter what it was, he took it—whether voluntarily or by coercion. Sadly, no matter how demeaning or dreadful the thing may have been, he had no choice but to accept the token, allowing it to become a part of his […]
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Jay King Honors Radio Pioneer Lee Bailey On “The Way I See It” on the Jay King Radio Network

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Hollywood, CA – Before TMZ, bloggers and syndicated radio, urbanites would sit anxiously by their radio at a designated time to hear who was doing what, how and to who via a show called Radioscope. The year was 1983 and Radioscope scooped the news and entertainment gossip as the first syndicated urban entertainment magazine on […]
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BEEP Prepares African American College Students for Jobs in Corporate America

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By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #24) – Last week, June 8-11, more than 450 attendees, including 132 HBCU students, came together in Orlando, Florida for the National Urban League’s 42nd annual Black Executive Exchange Program (BEEP) Leadership Conference. BEEP, the National Urban League’s longest running direct service program, is a partnership involving the […]
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U.S. Supreme Court orders massive inmate release to relieve California’s crowded prisons

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By David G. Savage and Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that California must remove tens of thousands of inmates from its prison rolls in the next two years, and state officials vowed to comply, saying they hoped to do so without setting any criminals free. Administration officials expressed confidence […]
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Elmer ‘Geronimo’ Pratt, a former Black Panther leader, dies in Tanzania

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Elmer G. “Geronimo” Pratt, a former Los Angeles Black Panther Party leader who spent 27 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit and whose case became a symbol of racial injustice during the turbulent 1960s, has died. He was 63. Pratt died at his home in a small village in […]
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Loyola University student Ruth “Rudi” Carter missing

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Family and friends are searching for Ruth “Rudi” Carter who has not been seen since leaving Loyola University dormitory. According to friends and family it is not like Rudi to pack up and leave without telling anyone. Loyola University is located in New Orleans Louisiana. Rudi Carter is 21 years old, 5’2″ tall and was […]
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National Urban League: Withdraw Proposed Mortgage Qualification Rule

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New York – Proposed changes to mortgage qualification standards are bad policy and should be rejected, National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial said today in a letter to the six agencies charged with developing new regulations. “A Rule that stifles homeownership for communities of color will also negatively suppress the entire housing […]
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Pioneer for Women and Blacks in the Entertainment Business, Fayrene Treadwell, Dies

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BURBANK, CA – Fayrene (Faye) Treadwell, one of the first female African American entertainment managers in history, died last week in Burbank, CA where she lived with her daughter. She was 84. The entertainment pioneer passed away after a lengthy illness, according to her daughter, Tina Treadwell, president of Treadwell Entertainment and former VP of […]
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Black Women No Longer Have Their Essence

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By Raynard Jackson – Essence Magazine used to be the preeminent magazine for Black women in the U.S. They, like many Black publications, have lost their relevance; and in the process become an embarrassment to the very group they claim to target. Essence was founded in 1968 by Ed Lewis, Clarence Smith, Cecil Hollingworth, Jonathan […]
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