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Mullen Helps to Honor Ward, Other Black Engineers |
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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, helped to honor the accomplishments of Army and Navy members, including Lifetime Achievement Award winner Gen. William Ward, during the 24th Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards.
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Hillary Clinton Honors Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglass |
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke at the State Department's annual Black History Celebration. She honors civil-rights pioneers such as Frederick Douglass and Rosa Parks, as well as current influential figures such as Office of Civil Rights' Chief Diversity Officer John Robinson.
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Obama Reaches Out to Iran With New Video |
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Meta tags/Keywords: President Barack Obama, Obama, Black president, first Black president, Iran, Middle East, Farsi, Iranian New Year, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ahmadinejad In another sign of his intention to change how the United States deals with Iran, President Barack Obama rele...
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Young Blacks Are at Much Higher Risk for Heart Failure |
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Keywords: Blacks, African Americans, healthcare, health disparities, heart failure, heart disease, racial gap, health gap A new large-scale study shows that Blacks younger than 50 develop heart failure, a disease typically associated with the elderly, at 20 times the rate of whites younger than...
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Blacks, Latinos Get Costlier End-of-Life Care |
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Keywords: healthcare, healthcare gap, end-of-life care, racial disparities, racism, discrimination, Blacks, African Americans, Latinos, end of life A new study shows that Blacks and Latinos get more invasive and expensive end-of-life treatment than whites, despite the fact that they tend to get...
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Stimulus Aimed at Urban, Black Communities |
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Keywords: stimulus, economic crisis, economy, Barack Obama, President Barack, Obama, Black president, first Black president, unemployment President Barack Obama's $787-billion stimulus plan could provide new opportunities for long-ignored urban and traditionally Black communities, New America M...
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Which People & Events Helped Shape Black History? |
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The history of Blacks in America has always been one marred by slavery, hatred and injustice, but it is also one filled with people and events that have had an enormously positive impact on society. DiversityInc takes a look at some of the most critical players and moments in Black history in this photo essay.
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Black History Denied in Texas |
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In response to a DiversityInc story on the history of Black History Month, a reader, who is a teacher, responded with a story about his plight to have a Black-history course taught at his school. You won't believe the school district's response.
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NAACP Says N.Y. Post Cartoonist Should Be Fired |
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Keywords: NAACP, New York Post cartoon, New York Post, chimpanzee, racism, racist, President Barack Obama, Obama, Black president, first Black president The NAACP called for the firing of the New York Post cartoonist and editor responsible for a controversial drawing they say is racist and an "...
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DNA Testing Links Former 'Grey's Anatomy' Star to African Ancestors |
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Keywords: African Americans, Africa, Isaiah Washington, DNA testing, Sierra Leone, dual citizenship, ancestors, ancestry, genealogical research, Oprah Winfrey, Spike Lee, Quincy Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, Morgan Freeman, Don Cheadle, Grey's Anatomy Although his first images of Africa were formed b...
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NAACP Looks to Future at Its Centennial |
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Keywords: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP, civil rights, discrimination, racial profiling, foreclosures For 100 years, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has been at the forefront of the battle for civil rights. But as the or...
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