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Should We Fear The Police?

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The killing of Amadou Diallo by New York City police officers has sparked a multitude of demonstrations and triggered renewed charges of police brutality in the African American community.  A group of Black state troo...

The Y2K Problem

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In year 2000 the Assistant Secretary of Defense stated that  “we are going to be in the biggest operational test the world has ever seen.” It has become known as the Y2K problem.   2103

Is Federal Policy Threatening Black Middle Class?

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Blacks represent barely 13 percent of the population, but nearly 40 percent of the total federal workforce.  It has been estimated that this statistic represents nearly 80 percent of the Black middle class.  What woul...

Why Is Cancer Killing So Many Blacks?

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A discussion of the menacing death toll that cancer has among Blacks and what can be done about it. (418) 

Alpha Kappa Alpha Convention Preview

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What were the issues that mattered to the Alpha Kappa Alphas in 1986? (920)

The Black Valentino and Mae West

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Lorenzo Tucker, The Black Valentino of race movies shares personal and up-close moments in this interview. Lorenzo Tucker was one of the few silent film stars, Black or White, to survive the transition from silent to ...

Should Americans Boycott the Japanese?

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Facing a recession, high unemployment and a multi-billion dollar trade deficit with Japan, American consumers and corporations have rallied around the "Buy American" campaign.   Dr. William Gibson, Chairman of the NAA...

Oscar and Jackie, Two of the Same

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Patrick McGilligan is the author of Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only, The Life of America’s First Black Filmmaker offers a vivid and fascinating portrait of this little-known pioneer.  (3019)  

A Star Controversy

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In the 1970s, Star Parker was a delinquent teenager, mixed up with crime and drugs.  Life on county aid was far from impoverished - she was able to lounge in her own Jacuzzi, party at Venice Beach, bring in extra inco...