Video: Mary J. Blige tribute at ‘Black Women in Music’
February 9th, 2010
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Obama’s 2nd budget sits better with leaders at HBCUs – miamiherald.com
February 8th, 2010
From The Miami Herald:
The leaders of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities breathed a sigh of relief last week when they learned that President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2011 budget includes a $30 million funding increase for their financially struggling schools.
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Video: Doritos commercial with black single mom going on a date
February 8th, 2010
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Black AIDS Day: Prevention is priority – examiner.com
February 7th, 2010
From Examiner.com:
Nine years ago, five organizations collaborated with the Center for Disease Control to make February 7th of every year National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
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Justice Department Contends Settlement For Black Farmers Nears – HuffingtonPost.com
February 6th, 2010
From The Huffington Post:
The Justice Department has notified the White House that a settlement is near for black farmers discriminated against by the United States Department of Agriculture.
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Study: Charter school growth accompanied by racial imbalance – washingtonpost.com
February 5th, 2010
From The Washington Post:
Seven out of 10 black charter school students are on campuses with extremely few white students, according to a new study of enrollment trends that shows the independent public schools are less racially diverse than their traditional counterparts.
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Baltimore’s next mayor: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake – wbal.com
February 4th, 2010
From WBAL Radio:
City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says it has “sunk in” that she is going to become mayor on Thursday, when Mayor Sheila Dixon resigns as part of her plea agreement.
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Black actors in the running for Oscars – counton2.com
February 3rd, 2010
From Count on News 2:
Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Lee Daniels (the stars and director of Precious, respectively) and the legendary Morgan Freeman (who embodied Nelson Mandela in Clint Eastwood’s Invictus) were all recognized for their acclaimed work in film with Academy Award nominations.
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