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July 2009

  • Minorities have suffered most in recession, Biden tells Urban League

    Minorities have suffered most in recession, Biden tells Urban League

    By theGrio via AP

    4:17 PM on 07/31/2009

    Vice President Joe Biden touted the $787 billion federal stimulus effort on Friday, saying he sees signs that the recession could end soon, but also called the package "the most misunderstood" piece of legislation.

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  • Madea goes to Disney World with Philly pool kids

    Madea goes to Disney World with Philly pool kids

    By theGrio

    3:05 PM on 07/31/2009

    A group of kids from Philadelphia who said they experienced prejudice firsthand arrived in Orlando, Florida on Friday for an all-expense paid trip courtesy of actor Tyler Perry...

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  • Obama should come out swinging for boxing legend

    Obama should come out swinging for boxing legend

    By John Baiata

    3:04 PM on 07/31/2009

    He was widely traveled, but cited his time in Chicago as crucial to his later success. He entered into contests with a large number of men, but emerged as the last man standing. He was a trailblazer who rose to the height of his profession. Yes, it turns out Jack...

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  • Donated animals bring wealth to Africans

    Donated animals bring wealth to Africans

    By theGrio

    1:57 PM on 07/31/2009

    Beatrice Biira fosters educational partnerships between the US and Africa. The Ugandan is currently studying at the Clinton School of Public Services in Arkansas, and it all began with the gift from Heifer International.

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  • NFL player battling leukemia halts comeback

    NFL player battling leukemia halts comeback

    By theGrio via AP

    1:07 PM on 07/31/2009

    MANKATO, Minn. (AP) -- Kenechi Udeze's comeback from leukemia served as an inspiration to his Minnesota Vikings teammates. The announcement of his retirement will not diminish that.

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  • Boston cop says he's "not a racist" for Gates slur

    By theGrio via AP

    12:47 PM on 07/31/2009

    BOSTON (AP) -- A Boston police officer who was suspended for using a racial slur to describe black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. apologized for his comments and declared he is not a racist.

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  • Reverend Ike dies at 74

    Reverend Ike dies at 74

    By theGrio via AP

    12:46 PM on 07/31/2009

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Rev. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, who preached the gospel of material prosperity to millions nationwide as Reverend Ike, died Tuesday. He was 74.

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  • Drunk on beer summit, Urban League forgets real problems

    By Brentin Mock

    11:19 AM on 07/31/2009

    If you want to know the condition of African Americans these days, get in a tangle with a police officer. That was the prevailing point of discussion yesterday, at the National Urban League's "State of Black America" forum in Chicago...

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  • Black cop at Gates arrest: I'm not an Uncle Tom

    Black cop at Gates arrest: I'm not an Uncle Tom

    By theGrio via AP

    10:30 AM on 07/31/2009

    A black sergeant who was at the home of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. when he was arrested says he's been maligned as an "Uncle Tom" for supporting the actions of the white arresting officer.

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  • 87-year-old woman lives in leaky shack, prays for help

    87-year-old woman lives in leaky shack, prays for help

    By theGrio

    9:21 AM on 07/31/2009

    An 87-year-old woman, living alone, in a 160-year-old shack about three miles south of Lena, Mississippi says she has no one to help her get out of the deplorable conditions. Every room in her shack leaks, except for the living room in the center of the badly deteriorated structure. In...

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  • Rants against Obama reveal the real racists

    By Rev. Al Sharpton

    9:16 AM on 07/31/2009

    It's been just over six months since the first African American president assumed the reigns of leader of the free world, and thus became arguably the most powerful man on earth. Following slavery, centuries of institutional racism, unequal access to education, jobs and the pursuit of prosperity, America voluntarily voted...

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  • Wyclef hits 600,000. Follow for justice, people

    By The Network Journal

    9:00 AM on 07/31/2009

    From The Network Journal: When Twitter founder Evan Williams and investor Chris Sacca set up a Twitter account for multi-platinum recording artist Wyclef Jean on stage during an April performance in San Francisco, Jean's followers on Twitter proceeded to grow rapidly to well over 600,000 in just 12 weeks. READ...

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  • What do you really know about T.D. Jakes?

    By Essence Magazine

    8:48 AM on 07/31/2009

    Check out Essence.com's great profile of the prolific pastor: Bishop T.D. Jakes has gained millions of followers and a multimillion dollar spiritual enterprise through his global teachings and preachings. The author, business man and preacher we see today continues to prove those early critics-who thought he wouldn't make it as...

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  • Obama flunks his "teachable moment"

    By Mark Anthony Neal

    8:39 AM on 07/31/2009

    We all want a president who takes the time to hear about and understand the everyday struggles we face. But that is exactly what the president failed to do when he took up the issue of the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. by a Cambridge police officer....

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  • Joe Jackson: the kid is Michael's son

    By Black Voices

    8:33 AM on 07/31/2009

    AOL BV reports that Joe Jackson claims that Omer Bhatti - dancer and MJ Protégé is in fact the King of Pop's son: Regarding speculation that the "King of Pop's" young protege might actually be his child, Mr. Jackson spoke publicly about the rumors confirming that he did, indeed, have...

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  • Police and press fell short in Gates' arrest

    By Santita Jackson

    2:00 AM on 07/31/2009

    It is difficult to wrap ourselves around Gates' arrest because there is nil to no consensus about the facts. The two weeks since the arrest leave me with many questions. Questions if raised and investigated - let alone answered - would give this story a different ending. Was the press...

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  • Crowley: The conversation will continue

    Crowley: The conversation will continue

    By theGrio

    7:25 PM on 07/30/2009

    The police officer at the center of a national dispute over race and law enforcement says a much-anticipated meeting at the White House was productive and all parties are looking forward. Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. James Crowley...

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  • Beer summit looks great, needs more filling

    Beer summit looks great, needs more filling

    By Lola Adesioye

    7:18 PM on 07/30/2009

    President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have a beer with Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., left, and Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. James Crowley, right, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 30, 2009.(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) Today, the president and vice president sat...

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  • Obama, Gates, Crowley, and Biden share brew and laughter

    Obama, Gates, Crowley, and Biden share brew and laughter

    By theGrio

    6:31 PM on 07/30/2009

    VIDEO - President Barack Obama has begun his White House chat with two men he joined last week at the center of an uproar over race in America: Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr...

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  • Klansman might walk on charges of kidnap and murder

    Klansman might walk on charges of kidnap and murder

    By theGrio via AP

    5:34 PM on 07/30/2009

    The U.S. Supreme Court should decide whether a reputed Ku Klux Klansman should have been tried on a kidnapping charge 43 years after two black men were abducted and slain in rural Mississippi, a federal appeals court said Thursday.

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