The Root) -- Three years after her death, citizens of Twitter are apparently still mourning the loss of legendary singer and actress Lena Horne.
Horne began her career as a dancer at the famous Cotton Club in Harlem. From there she would become a ...
Posted Saturday, May 11th 2013 at 12:06AM
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Unfortunate circumstances will result in longtime fans receiving the first new Lauryn Hill album since 1998.
The singer has signed a new deal with Sony to help pay off her massive tax debt and avoid prison.
The news was revealed on her Tumblr. Chec ...
Posted Saturday, April 27th 2013 at 7:39PM
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While a degree certainly provides graduates with an edge in the job market, unemployment statistics have repeatedly shown that one’s race plays a role in securing employment.
As of 2013, African American graduates encountered a rate of 10.8 perce ...
Posted Tuesday, February 12th 2013 at 11:08PM
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: “People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.” Do U! Happy Sunday! #KeepTheFaith ...
Posted Sunday, January 20th 2013 at 2:36PM
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It's official! 4 more years! Congrats Mr. President. show the First Family some luv y'all! "Share" this & share your congrats here! ...
Posted Sunday, January 20th 2013 at 2:34PM
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POETRY MUSIC AND PICS ,,SOMETHING NEW FOR 2013 ,,BLACK HISTORY
LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT ,,,, THERE IS MORE ,,,FOR DATES AND BOOKINGS
EMAIL ME at davidthecloser@gmail.com
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Posted Wednesday, January 16th 2013 at 3:18PM
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Sovereignty! It’s a big word; difficult to spell; even more difficult to achieve. For centuries, at the international level, the world has been trying to decide what the term really means. Over that time period, the idea that a state could be soverei ...
Posted Sunday, December 9th 2012 at 5:19PM
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Today is World AIDS Day, and as an African-American physician focused on women's health, I'm especially aware of the challenge HIV/AIDS poses to the black community. I divide my time between New York and Florida -- two states that have substantial Af ...
Posted Saturday, December 1st 2012 at 2:52PM
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For a decade, Republicans have been screaming at Americans to “support our troops.”
But, they don’t really support our troops. Their constant chanting was originally code to support the Republican administration and the wars in Iraq and Afghanista ...
Posted Thursday, November 29th 2012 at 2:02AM
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Greetings to all my name is David Johnson ''The Blog King'' one of the senior members of ''BLACK IN AMERICA'' take a minute and read and understand what im about to say I thank you in advance for reading and your feedback, this is for every black ...
Posted Thursday, November 29th 2012 at 1:53AM
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I am a successful black man. I am successful career wise, social
wise, and financially. I`ve been investing in the market since the
mid-80`s when I received my bachelor`s degree and have really
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Posted Friday, November 23rd 2012 at 4:54PM
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There has been a lot of debate about the Africa,black america's religion ,and affairs, concerning black people in general . After digesting some of the criticism it has received I have decided to respond about an important issue.
The on going long ...
Posted Friday, November 23rd 2012 at 4:28PM
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black people came out like never before and voted for Obama ,just because he was black ,''get out the vote'' was the biggest thing since ''Twinkies'' (R.I.P Twinkies')
WE all know OBAMA is black and is the president of the United states of Americ ...
Posted Sunday, November 18th 2012 at 3:13PM
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TELL US WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS PLAN !
This is A JOB CREATION PLAN WHICH EFFECTIVELY ENDS THIS DOWNTURN WITHOUT RAISING THE DEFICIT. It can be done cleanly and without adding to the deficit by putting money into hands of retiring baby boomers ...
Posted Monday, November 12th 2012 at 6:20PM
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Today friends and family came by the house and we BBQ,played ping pong (my favorite) shot pool and watched football,,
all through out the day I was thinking of the men and women who served our country those that died for this county the wounded t ...
Posted Sunday, November 11th 2012 at 10:21PM
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Good bye former Rep. Allen West (R-Fla) glad to see yah go!
Yes, Allen West the Republican Army veteran who came to Congress two years ago in the conservative Tea Party wave, fell short Tuesday. Beaten by his Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy - ...
Posted Saturday, November 10th 2012 at 6:33PM
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Those of us, who reached adulthood in the brief eight or nine year heyday of the modern Freedom Movement got to see our elders shuck the shackles of what was proper and legal and take to the streets in defiance of evil in authority. We learned that g ...
Posted Saturday, November 10th 2012 at 3:36PM
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Brown was 42-29 in his short stay with arguably the NBA’s most valuable property, a stay that had been expected to last at least through the team’s six-game home stand starting tonight. Lakers coaching jobs are never without pressure, but Brown’s was ...
Posted Friday, November 9th 2012 at 3:45PM
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You do not have a self-governing people when decisions to take military action are referred to the United Nations and the Arab League, but not to the Congress of the United States, elected by the American people, whose blood and treasure are squander ...
Posted Thursday, November 8th 2012 at 6:57PM
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We are not any less of a human being than anyone else,if england could see fit to assist and aid the newly form U.S.of America after the (REVOLUTINARY WAR) for twenty years.Then America helped rebuilt Europe after world war two under the marshal plan ...
Posted Wednesday, November 7th 2012 at 9:16PM
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The black man is re-created because he’s separated from his African self…that’s the process. You cannot be an AFRICAN and a SLAVE at the same time. You cannot be truthfully and pridefully an African and relate to each other as African people the worl ...
Posted Wednesday, November 7th 2012 at 8:21PM
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Regardless of its institutions-ALL OF THEM, is designed to turn our minds backwards as to maintain us in SERVITUDE. If the European intends to maintain power and exploit the rest of the world-AS THE EUROPEAN DOES-it means that the maladjustments, neu ...
Posted Wednesday, November 7th 2012 at 8:07PM
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Add your name right now to congratulate President Obama on winning a second term!
With your incredible support we were able to elect President Obama to a second term and win critical races for Democrats all across the country.
Help us reach 1 ...
Posted Wednesday, November 7th 2012 at 12:29AM
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