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Black History: Redefined in 2009: Part 1

Rina Risper17 years ago06 mins

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

Rina Risper17 years ago03 mins

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

Rina Risper17 years ago05 mins

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

Rina Risper17 years ago03 mins

(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’

Rina Risper17 years ago02 mins

Lawrence Taylor also among cast of new hoofers for ABC’s competition series

CAPITAL AREA DISTRICT LIBRARY HOSTS:

Rina Risper17 years ago02 mins

FLOWER EXPERT J Schwanke

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The Stimulus Bills

Rina Risper17 years ago02 mins

House vs. Senate

Barack Obama’s Presidential Inauguration

Rina Risper17 years ago016 mins

The Regional Inaugural Balls are an inaugural tradition that President-elect Obama continued, inviting guests from the Midwest, the West, the East, the South, and the Mid-Atlantic regions to their own celebrations. It is one of the 10 balls that the president and Michelle attended. Photo by Barbara Roberts Mason

JUSTICE: Post-Katrina, White Vigilantes Shot African-Americans With Impunity

Rina Risper17 years ago058 mins

In the days after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans fractured along racial fault lines as its government collapsed. Read about it in our next edition. White vigilante gunmen nearly killed Donnell Herrington.
Photo by Chandra McCormick & Keith Calhoun

The way Donnell Herrington tells it, there was no warning. One second he was trudging through the heat. The next he was lying prostrate on the pavement, his life spilling out of a hole in his throat, his body racked with pain, his vision blurred and distorted.

FIRST LADY NOT HAPPY WITH SASHA/MALIA DOLLS

Rina Risper17 years ago02 mins

First Lady Michelle Obama has spoken out about two newly-released dolls that share the same names as her young daughters,