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Tuesday, 21 August 2007 |
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A major injustice is unfolding in Jena, LA as six black young men are railroaded in a case that reads like one straight from the era of Jim Crow. Read up and take action, now. Read more at colorofchange.org
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Friday, 17 August 2007 |
 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that the transition of the Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP) rental assistance program from FEMA to HUD will be as seamless as possible for the approximately 30,000 FEMA-assisted families displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita currently living in private rental units. HUD also announced it has established a toll free call center number...
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Thursday, 16 August 2007 |
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The head of the nation’s oldest and largest black fraternity Saturday
called on the black community to ban the N-word from its vocabulary.
The offensive racial epithet should be purged from music lyrics, movie
dialogue, talk radio and playgrounds, said Darryl R. Matthews Sr.,
general president of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Read more at Pantagraph.com
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Tuesday, 14 August 2007 |
 Police and prosecutors investigating a
confusing murder of a single mother fired at by at least two guns are
defending themselves against racism claims for the arrest of two
college-bound black teens. Read more at detnews.com
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Monday, 13 August 2007 |
 Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, a black woman whose refusal to give up her bus
seat to white passengers led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision
more than a decade before Rosa Parks gained recognition for doing the
same, has died at 90. Read more at MSNBC.com
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