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St. Augustine High School senior earns elite Gates Millennium Scholarship

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New Orleans, LA – St. Augustine High School senior Adonis Billizon-Johnson was recently named a Gates Millennium Scholar, earning a full-tuition scholarship to cover undergraduate and graduate studies. Billizon-Johnson is the second St. Augustine student, in fewer than three years, to receive the prestigious and competitive award funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. […]
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Beyoncé Gets Gangsta with her Haters, Selling “Boycott Beyoncé” Merchandise at Concerts

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It looks like Beyonce is more gangsta than Jay Z. I guess she found a way to kill two birds with one clothing line. She’s no the new leader behind the “Boycott Beyoncé” movement. She’s making money whild sending a clear message to her haters that if they don’t like her the messages in her […]
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Fox News Readers Bash Obama’s Daughter With Racial Slurs, ‘Ape,’ ‘Monkey’

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By Kaitlyn D’Onofrio (DiversityInc.com) – Fox News disabled the comments section of an article by the Associated Press about President Barack Obama’s 17-year-old daughter, Malia Obama, after readers flooded the post with racist comments, calling her a racial slur, an “ape,” a “monkey” and accusing her of not deserving her entry to the university but […]
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Congressman Chaka Fattah’s Statement on the Passing of William Miller and Samuel Staten Sr.

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Philadelphia, PA “In a span of a week our city has lost two giants, a top union leader like and a savvy political consultant. Samuel Staten, stood tall among his colleagues. He dedicated his life to making sure members of Philadelphia Laborers Local 332 were fairly compensated for their work. Sam was a straight shooter. […]
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Video of President Obama’s Comedy Routine at the 2016 White House Correspondents’ Dinner

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NASA Dedicates Facility to Mathematician, Presidential Medal Winner Katherine Johnson

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Washington, DC – NASA will commemorate the many contributions of retired mathematician Katherine Johnson to America’s space program during a building dedication ceremony at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 5 — the 55th anniversary of Alan Shepard’s historic rocket launch and splash down, which Johnson helped make possible. The ceremony will air live on NASA […]
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African American Leadership Project Commemorates 38th Anniversary of Dutch Morial’s Election as Mayor of New Orleans

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New Orleans, LA – May 1st marks the 38th year since the Honorable Ernest N “Dutch” Morial was elected as the 1st Mayor African descent in New Orleans. May 1st, 1978 will always represent a “turning point” in the history of the city……it was the desegregation of the city’s mayoral politics, and the launching of […]
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Study Shows Unique Value and Challenges of African American-Led Nonprofits

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Philadelphia, PA – The Philadelphia African American Leadership Forum (PAALF) has released a research report entitled How African American-Led Organizations Differ From White-Led Organizations. The PAALF commissioned the research study conducted by Branch Associates, Inc. with funding from United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) and support from Urban Affairs Coalition (UAC). […]
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Politics

Black Women Rally Behind Hillary Clinton

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By Laura Meckler (Wall Street Journal) – Hillary Clinton never goes very far without black women sharing the stage, introducing her around or casting ballots for her in outsize numbers—and they are a prime reason she stands on the cusp of claiming the Democratic presidential nomination. Black women have long played a big role in […]
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