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Black Community Issues
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Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
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Joining the Reserve Officer Training Corps was once an attractive
choice for people with few options growing up in impoverished,
predominantly black East Baltimore. That has all changed, largely
because of the war in Iraq. Read more at NYTimes.com
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Black Community Issues
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Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
 Sylvia's Restaurant has been an institution in the black neighborhood of Harlem in New York City for 45 years this month. VOA's Carolyn Weaver recently visited the restaurant, and talked to the founder and other family members about the business of serving up the African-American cuisine known as soul food to locals and tourists alike. Read more at VOANews.com
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Black Education News
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Tuesday, 21 August 2007 |
 On June 28...the U.S. Supreme Court subverted Brown’s meaning to block public school
integration plans. As a result, boards of education across the country,
which have used racial criteria to reduce segregation, must undo their
efforts or themselves be branded as racial discriminators. Read more at InTheseTimes.com
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Black Commentary and Views
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Tuesday, 21 August 2007 |
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When Barack Obama launched his presidential bid, he became a
carpenter. He was forced to make a decision: Did he want to build a
staircase, or merely a platform? Historically, most African-American presidential aspirants have taken the platform route. You don’t have to be an expert on the law of gravity to know that a platform won’t get you to the top. Read more at InTheseTimes.com
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Black Commentary and Views
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Tuesday, 21 August 2007 |
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The good news is that momentum is mounting against the use of words and
images that denigrate African-American women and girls in so much
popular music. But will the black community hold individual
African-Americans accountable for actions that harm women? Read more at chicagotribune.com
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Black Political News
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Tuesday, 21 August 2007 |
 Barack Obama came under repeated attack from his Democratic White House
rivals at the ABC News debate in Iowa on Sunday morning, as moderator
George Stephanopoulos pressed them on the question of the Illinois
senator’s relative lack of experience. Read more at Politico.com
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Black Political News
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Tuesday, 21 August 2007 |
 "I don't believe I'll win or lose the presidency based on my race —
I'll win or lose based on my vision for changing this country," the
Illinois senator said in a statement Thursday. Political experts and some voters say he may be right. Read more at fosters.com
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Black Community Issues
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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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Black Entertainment & Sports News
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Tuesday, 21 August 2007 |
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While music-industry sales have plummeted, no genre has fallen harder
than rap. According to the music trade publication Billboard, rap sales
have dropped 44% since 2000 and declined from 13% of all music sales to
10%. Read more at Time.com
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Black Business News
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Monday, 20 August 2007 |
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A project by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Women’s Business Research (CWBR) and their academic partner BabsonCollege may help zero in on the challenges endured by women like King. "When we looked at the research, we saw that women of color start businesses at a higher rate within their ethnic and racial groups." Read more at CFWBR.org
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