News Brief 8-3
Bravo’s Top Chef Pays a Visit to Capital Area District Library Stephanie Izard dishes
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How to: Have an Earth-friendly wedding
KANSAS CITY, MO — Something old, something new, something borrowed, something green?
JHON LEGEND WANTS CELEBS TO STIFFARM NY POST
Singer’s open letter condemns chimp cartoon; urges entertainers to stop granting them interviews
Black History: Redefined in 2009: Part 1
LANSING, MI — The Michigan Senate passed legislation recently that will encourage public schools at the middle and high school levels to focus on the advanced kingdoms of Pre-colonial Africa during world history instruction, instead of the most primitive Africans who did not represent the continent.
Above: Charles Six, President, Ending Stereotypes for America; Representative Mike Nofs (R-Battle Creek) and former Representative Brenda Clack (D-Flint). Courtesy photo
Black History: Redefined in 2009: Part 2
Another Defining Black History Moment – Pittsburgh Steelers’ NFL Super Bowl Championship – African American Head Coach, Youngest Ever, and MVP Takes Top Honors –
Kicking Dust, Leaves and Snow- Moncure Workers Overcome
Workers at Moncure Plywood, in Moncure, North Carolina, are steadfast but weary as they have walked the picket line through three seasons of weather. Workers voted near-unanimously last July 20 to strike.
"We are standing on the word of God that we can see through this, and we are gratefully receiving support from all over the state," said Lewis Cameron, president of Machinists Local Lodge W369. Workers receive $150 a week strike pay.
Bessie Coleman: Paving the Way in Aviation
(BPRW) In a year of such firsts as Jamaican-decent pilot Barrington Irving’s trek around the world in a single-engine airplane, and the Tuskegee airmen earning a Congressional Gold Medal; perhaps it is fitting to go a little further back into aviation history to discuss the premier African American woman of flight. Bessie Coleman was born in a small town in northeastern Texas in 1892, the 10th of 13 children and would ultimately become the world’s first licensed black pilot.
LIL KIM, DAVID ALAN GRIER GO ‘DANCING’
Lawrence Taylor also among cast of new hoofers for ABC’s competition series
News Brief 8-2
President Obama Announces More Key White House Staff Names Three More Members of Intergovernmental Affairs Staff