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Elizabeth Alvarez
March 02,2015
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 Mariecar Frias, weekend producer for The Today Show, Derek Fleming, and Red Rooster founder Marcus Samuelsson The brand new Harlem EatUp!, Festival aims to highlight the food, culture and renewed spirit of Harlem while paying homage to its roots and creating buzz for the iconic neighborhood. The festival, founded by celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson with former President Bill Clinton serving as... |
Mel and Pearl Shaw
March 02,2015
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 Oseola McCarty [FUNdraising Good Times] It's women’s history month and time to highlight women’s role as philanthropists and fundraisers: “Women rock!”, “Women rule!”, “If you want something done, ask a woman”, “Women hold up half the sky.” Join us in paying tribute to women and girls who nurture and support families and communities across the country and around the globe. Sometimes we are recognized, often we are... |
By KfabsKorner
March 01,2015
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Some things simply transcend sports....occurrences that demand for you to stop in your tracks and not give a second thought to who your favorite sport, team or player is. When the news came that Derrick Rose would be sidelined with another knee injury, I let out an “oh no” like Derrick and I had known each other since high school! Not again! How could the same body, the bearer of so many gifts, be the source of such betrayal? The good news for the Bulls organization, its fans... |
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Antonio Moore
March 01,2015
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 Photo: Southercoalition.org For forty years the United States has hidden the consequence of its tragic racial history at the center of the War on Drugs. That historical consequence has now hardened into a box of mass incarceration that has trapped Black America. This proverbial box is so full it is now bursting at the seams, and seeping out are the screams of men like Eric Garner and countless others that simply cannot breathe under its pressure. ... |
President Barack Obama
March 01,2015
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 Minnie Minoso For South Siders and Sox fans all across the country, including me, Minnie Minoso is and will always be “Mr. White Sox.” The first Black Major Leaguer in Chicago, Minnie came to the United States from Cuba even though he could have made more money elsewhere. He came up through the Negro Leagues, and didn’t speak much English at first. And as he helped to integrate baseball in the 1950s, he was a target of racial slurs from fans... |
By Marian Wright Edelman
March 01,2015
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 One of my sheroes is Sojourner Truth. A brilliant but illiterate woman, she was a great orator and powerful presence who possessed great courage and determination. I often wear a pendant with her image and words: “If women want any rights more than they’s got, why don’t they just take them, and not be talking about it.” An unwavering defender of women’s rights and an abolitionist, Sojourner continues to fuel my determination to fight for equality for women, people of color, and... |
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Special To The Black Star News
March 01,2015
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 [Community Announcements]
BEPAA Great Black History Debate Series Continues: "Which is More Important Black Studies or the 3Rs" Educators Basir Mchawi and Hank Williams will debate over which is more important, Reading Writing and Arithmetic or Black Studies. Closing remarks will be made by Dr. Akil Khalfani, Sister Betty Dopson & Dr. Leonard Jeffries,. The Debate will be held on March 1, 2015 at 3:00 PM at John Henrik... |
Milton Allimadi
February 27,2015
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 Monroe College students [Black Star Education Focus] Over the next several weeks in our Education Series The Black Star News will conduct Q and A's with area colleges and universities. This week we visit... |
Last week a New York Police Department officer was suspended after a video emerged showing him kicking a suspect being arrested, now a group of NYPD officers are being investigated for bringing down Sandra Amezquita a...
The Ebola crises in West Africa is another occasion where the whole world gets to see inept leadership in many African countries.
There have recently been many postings on social media critical of the United States for deploying military personnel and medical workers to West Africa in...
