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Carolyn Jenkins
January 22,2015
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 Relief? Dr. Jahi Issa says he can now start recovering his life and career Delaware State Professor Prevails After Three Year Ordeal The day after the iconic Civil Rights Activist, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was celebrated across the Nation, a misdemeanor charge for resisting arrest against Dr. Jahi Issa was finally dismissed. In March 2012, Dr. Issa, a professor at Delaware State, joined a group of student protestors... |
Black Star Editorial
January 25,2015
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 Obama and Boehner -- the look says it all Would Speaker John Boehner invite an Israeli prime minister to address Congress without informing The White House and The State Department if the U.S. had a White president today? Everyone knows the answer to that question. Boehner's action is reprehensible. It's not surprising however given some of the rabid hostility towards the nation's first African American president that we've seen from Republican... |
Rev. Sharpton's National Action Network Demands Independent Probe Of New Jersey Man's Killing By Cop
Special To The Black Star News
January 22,2015
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 Jerame C. Reid STATEMENT FROM NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK (NAN) ON THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING DEATH OF NEW JERSEY MAN JERAME C. REID
“National Action Network (NAN) supports calls for the State Attorney General to investigate the case of Jerame C. Reid. The 36-year-old New Jersey man was shot to death while his hands were up by two... |
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Special To The Black Star News
January 22,2015
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 Zephyr Teachout calls for Sheldon Silver's resignation as Assembly chief. Photo: syracuse.com Sheldon Silver should step down from his role as Assembly Speaker. The allegations against him represent a massive breach of the public trust and impair his ability to claim a leadership role in New York State. He should also immediately hold a press conference and answer all public questions about the allegations. And if he did in fact receive millions in... |
By KfabsKorner
January 24,2015
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 Bam! Who me? Bellichick claims he plays by the rules Both the AFC and NFC Championships played out exactly how I had imagined. Almost. Only thing is, my vision had the same outcome…but played out on opposite coasts. How things actually happened? In the picturesque northwest city of Seattle…both defenses played spectacular games---Green Bay gave their offense every opportunity to capitalize on the types of schemes that prevented Seattle from even... |
Special To The Black Star News
January 22,2015
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 Left to Right: Timothy Downs, Ph.D., Niagara Provost; Ndaba Mandela and Rev. James J. Maher, C.M., president, Niagara University. [Education] Ndaba Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela , spoke of the laughs, laments and lessons learned from living with an iconic grandfather who went from prisoner to president and built a nation in a moving address before a standing-room-only crowd at Niagara University this week. The event... |
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Special To The Black Star News
January 24,2015
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 Ernie Banks THE WHITE HOUSE Statement by the President and First Lady on the Passing of Ernie Banks at age 83 Michelle and I send our condolences to the family of Ernie Banks, and to every Chicagoan and baseball fan who loved him. Ernie came up through the Negro Leagues, making $7 a day. He became the first African-American to play for the Chicago Cubs, and the first... |
Ebele Oseye
January 24,2015
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 Amelia Boynton -- the ancestors are in our bloodstream It was only a brief moment and late in his State of the Union Address on Tuesday when President Barack Obama mentioned the approaching 50th Anniversary of Selma and the camera turned to a woman who was identified as Amelia Boynton, 103 years old, a survivor of Bloody Sunday, 7 March 1965. Mrs. Boynton and her husband Sam, as John Lewis recalls in Walking with the Wind, "led the contingent that... |
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...
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