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Stimulus is music to jazz artists' ears

By Jessica Shim

7:45 AM on 11/24/2009

VIDEO - Thanks to the Jazz Foundation of America, a nonprofit group that assists struggling veteran musicians, Bertha Hope has one gig that she can always count on...
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Harlem drawings serve as snapshot of black culture

By Jessica Shim

8:37 AM on 11/13/2009

VIDEO - From the barbershop down the block, to African hair braiders setting up shop on the street corner, artist Wardell Milan presents a personal view of Harlem in a series of sketches...
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Single mothers work to break the cycle, dispel stereotypes

By Jessica Shim

11:10 AM on 10/22/2009

VIDEO - Public school teacher Shaunté Sparks thought she knew what her family life would look like...
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Women pastors break the stained-glass ceiling

By Jessica Shim

7:34 AM on 10/21/2009

VIDEO - It's a typical Sunday at a church in Harlem, New York. Except with Reverend Kim Anderson at the pulpit...
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Black women find themselves single and happy ever after

By Jessica Shim

1:39 PM on 10/19/2009

VIDEO - By the end of this year, studies show more than half of the American workforce will be female. But for many African-American women, with success comes something else...
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HIV/AIDS patients burdened by emotional baggage of shame

By Jessica Shim

10:06 AM on 09/24/2009

VIDEO - Nearly half of the HIV patients in America are African-American, and many are familiar with the shameful stigma that comes with the disease.
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Actor Hill Harper talks relationships in his new book

By Jessica Shim

1:07 PM on 09/22/2009

VIDEO - Best known for his work on CSI: NY, Hill Harper is a New York Times bestselling author with two books under his belt with a third released this month...
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Recession buys parents more time with kids at school

By Jessica Shim

8:27 AM on 09/18/2009

VIDEO - An online poll found that nearly 2 in 3 parents surveyed feel that because of the recession, it's more important for them to volunteer in the classroom.
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