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Men want ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ expanded to include Black females

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – More than 200 African American men, ranging from a taxi driver to university professors, sent a letter to President Obama on…

Maya Angelou, the nation’s wise woman

Maya Angelou walked into a meeting of civil rights leaders discussing affirmative action back in the 1990s, looked around, and put them all in their…

Reactions to the death of Maya Angelou

NEW YORK (AP) — Politicians, media figures and fellow artists are paying tribute to Maya Angelou, the author of “I Know Why the Caged Bird…

University: Poet, author Maya Angelou dies at 86

NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Angelou was gratified, but not surprised by her extraordinary fortune. “I’m not modest,” she told The Associated Press in 2013.…

Insufficient Vitamin D linked to prostate cancer in Blacks

WASHINGTON (NNPA) — The relationship between melanin and vitamin D—the nutrient that sunlight provides—may explain why African American, Caribbean, and men of African ancestry have…

Racism claim dooms bid to honor Mark Twain in NV

RENO, Nev. (AP) – A state panel has effectively killed a bid to name a Lake Tahoe cove for Mark Twain, citing opposition from a…

New NAACP leader: I’m Brown v. Board beneficiary

WASHINGTON (AP) — As a Head Start and Yale Law School graduate, Cornell William Brooks calls himself a direct beneficiary of Brown v. Board Education.…

NAACP selects Brooks as new president and CEO

WASHINGTON (AP) – The NAACP on Saturday announced that lawyer and activist Cornell William Brooks would become its new national president and CEO. The selection…

Segregation gains ground 60 years after Brown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Segregation is making a comeback in U.S. schools. Progress toward integrated classrooms has largely been rolled back since the Supreme Court issued…

Protester’s 1971 death still echoes in 2 families

BUTLER, Ala. (AP) — Carrie Johnson and Gladden Smith are bound together by a single, deadly moment — a moment for which she says she…

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