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Nov 14
2007
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Black radio needs more newsPosted by gcuse03champs in Untagged |
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Welcome to the iZania Blogs, where you will find black
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community participating in creating their own blogs. Topics range from
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Nov 13
2007
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BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our HistoryPosted by Hugh in Untagged |
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Marie Selika Williams:
On November 14, 1878, The National Republican Reported On A Historic Event That Had Taken Place In The White House Green Room.
Opera Singer, Marie Selika Williams And Her Husband, Baritone, Sampson Williams, Performed A Private Concert For Preisdent Rutherford Hayes And His Wife. In Doing So, Marie Salika Williams Became The First Black Americans To Perform In The White House.
A Coloratura Soprano, Known As The "Queen Of Stacatto," Marie Selika Williams Was Born In Natchez, Mississippi In 1849. She Received Her Musical Training In Ohio And San
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Nov 13
2007
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Another NYPD shootingPosted by gcuse03champs in Untagged |
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Monday night in a case that is still being sorted out the NYPD shot at a young black man Khiel Coppin 20 times hitting him 10 times and killing him believing a hair brush he had was a gun. The medical examiner has labeled the case a homicide as of now. Click the link below to watch more on this story:
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Nov 12
2007
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BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In Our HistoryPosted by Hugh in Untagged |
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Dwight Gooden:
On November 13, 1985, New York Mets Pitcher, Dwight "Dr. K" Gooden, Won The Cy Young Award , A Few Days Before His 21st Birthday And After Only Two Seasons In The Major Leagues.At The Time, Gooden Was The Youngest Pitcher To Ever Win The Award.
The Cy Young Award Winner Is Determined By A Panel Of 24 Baseball Writers. Gooden Received A Unanimous 24 Votes.
During That Same Year, He Also Became The Youngest Player And Only The Seventh In History, To Sweep Baseball's Triple Crown --- Highest Number Of Wins (24 Games), Strikeouts (268) And Lowest Earned Run
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Nov 12
2007
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Light Skinned, Dark Skinned, still an issuePosted by gcuse03champs in Untagged |
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In 2007 it seems that colorism is still an issue in the African American Community. Click the link below to read a very interesting article by Zenitha Prince in which someone is quoted as saying, "Light-'complected' African-American women may be the most despised group of women," he said. "They aren't seen as Black and the treatment they receive from African-American women, especially, is hateful." Click the link below to read this story:
