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  • First black newspaper thrives as print industry struggles

    First black newspaper thrives as print industry struggles

    By Kumasi Aaron

    6:37 PM on 07/23/2009

    As so many of the nation's newspapers are shuttering, one publication continues to thrive through the decades. The Philadelphia Tribune is the oldest, continuously published black newspaper in the country, now celebrating its 125th year...

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  • Newspaper expresses regret for promoting segregation

    By theGrio via AP

    3:55 PM on 07/16/2009

    A Virginia newspaper expressed regret Thursday for supporting a systematic campaign by the state's white political leaders to maintain separate public schools for blacks and whites in the 1950s. The Richmond Times-Dispatch acknowledged in an editorial that it and its now-defunct sister newspaper, The News Leader, played a central role in the "dreadful doctrine" of Massive Resistance. "The record fills us with regret," the newspaper said.

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  • Create your own Obama time capsule (video)

    Create your own Obama time capsule (video)

    By theGrio

    9:12 AM on 06/10/2009

    Technology and politics have been bedfellows for a while now but thanks to a Silicon Valley author and some Silicon Valley companies, you can help write the book on the recent presidential campaign. Like any historic occasion, there's a coffee table book to help you remember the Obama campaign. But...

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