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U.S. Black News
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Saturday, 24 November 2007 |
 Frances Murphy II, the first woman to chair the Afro-American Newspapers board of directors, the publisher emeritus of the Washington Afro-American and popular columnist at the Baltimore Afro-American and granddaughter of the newspaper's founder, has died. She was 85. Click to continue at Afro.com
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Black Education News
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Friday, 16 November 2007 |
A new report on the National Assessment of
Education Progress (NAEP) scores for the largest urban school districts
shows overall improvement in math for the mostly low-income and
minority students who make up these districts, but a widening
achievement gap between minority and White students. Click to continue at DiverseEducation.com
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Black Entertainment & Sports News
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Friday, 16 November 2007 |
 Back with their first U.S. release in over 13 years, "Since the Last
Time," the question persists for Arrested Development: can a group with
a positive bent significantly impact the hip-hop community? Click to continue at Billboard.com
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Black Health News
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Friday, 16 November 2007 |
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Black children with diabetes face a death rate twice as high as that for white children, new U.S. government research shows.
While this racial disparity has been evident for more than two
decades, the trend has been accelerating among children ages 1 to 19... Click to continue at USNews.com
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Black Community Issues
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Friday, 16 November 2007 |
 This summer ColorLines and The Chicago Reporter
conducted a joint national investigation of fatal police shootings in
America’s 10 largest cities, each of which had more than 1 million
people in 2000. Several striking findings emerged. To begin, African Americans were overrepresented among police shooting victims in every city the publications investigated.
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Black Community Issues
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Friday, 16 November 2007 |
 Marla McDaniel discusses her new report, "Racial Disparities and the New Federalism" and how opportunities have changed for low-income families. McDaniel is a research associate in the Labor, Human Services, and Population Center and focuses on family resources, social policies, and race. Click to continue at Urban Institute
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Black Health News
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Thursday, 15 November 2007 |
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On, November 16th
thousands of African Americans will attempt to quit smoking. Many smokers are
more successful when they have support. If you have someone in your family, a
co-worker or a friend who smokes, or you want to stop smoking yourself, call
Smokefree Living for African Americans to plan a quit date for the Great
African American Smokeout.
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Black Business News
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Thursday, 15 November 2007 |
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Dr. Gates's new company, African DNA LLC, aims to use historians and
anthropologists to explain which of various genetic possibilities
prompted by DNA traces is more historically likely. For such a search,
the new company charges $189, within the $100 to $300 range that's
typical of the genetic-ancestry industry... Click to continue at WSJ.com
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Black Business News
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Thursday, 15 November 2007 |
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The Nile Swim Club, the nation's
first African-American-owned private swim club, today, announced that it
has launched an ambitious $5 million expansion program that will include,
among other amenities, the construction of three heated pools, an 18-hole
miniature golf course, a 150-seat banquet facility, a fitness center and
basketball and tennis courts.
The club, based in the Philadelphia suburban borough of Yeadon,
Pennsylvania, got its start in 1958, when African-American residents were
denied admission and membership to the racially exclusive, but now defunct,
Yeadon Swim Club. Click to continue at PRNewswire.com
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Black Health News
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Thursday, 15 November 2007 |
Latinos and African Americans with Alzheimer’s disease live
longer than white people who have the disease, according to a study
published November 14, 2007, in the online edition of Neurology®,
the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The findings were the same even after researchers adjusted for
education level, age when symptoms began, living situation, and other
factors that could affect how long the study participants lived.
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