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TheGrio's 100: Mo'Nique, a comedienne with serious talent
6:50 AM on 03/07/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Mo'Nique made a career for herself as a brash but smart comedienne, breaking down barriers...
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How to find 15 minutes of fame in reality TV
8:03 AM on 02/22/2010
OPINON - The method is simple: Find either an overly aggressive black woman and a lazy black man, give them a script and audiences will eat it up...
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Diddy, Queen Latifah to host BET concert for Haiti
7:35 PM on 01/29/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Proceeds will aid organizations including Jean's Yele Haiti, CARE, Project Medishare and Children's Safe Drinking Water...
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Vick shows rebuilt life on BET docu-series
5:51 PM on 01/22/2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Michael Vick returned to the site of his gruesome dogfighting crimes, looked at an empty dog bowl left behind in a dingy cage...
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BET co-founder Sheila Johnson mocks Democrat in VA governor's race
3:28 PM on 10/05/2009
VIDEO - A YouTube video shows the billionaire co-founder of Black Entertainment Television pretending to stutter as she mocks a candidate for governor in Virginia...
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Breaking gender rules in black music
9:13 AM on 07/03/2009
In the last seven days much has been said about the life and legacy of Michael Jackson. But what has been left unsaid about the King of Pop may say more about our society then it does about the artist himself. As one of the last post-Soul post-Civil Rights era...
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BET brainwashing our kids
9:03 AM on 07/02/2009
I write this article at the risk of offending my daughters, who are all in the "We think Lil Wayne and Chris Brown were sent by God" age group.
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BET Music Awards and the end of black music
10:51 AM on 06/30/2009
"At each juncture, twist, and turn, as Black people were transformed, so was their characteristic music." --Amiri Baraka Baraka wrote this profound pronouncement in the introduction of the 1999 edition of his now classic 1963 text Blues People: Negro Music in White America, which has been hailed by NYU professor...
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Janet Jackson honors Michael at BET Awards
12:30 PM on 06/29/2009
"To you, Michael is an icon," a somber Janet Jackson told the crowd at the end of Sunday's show. "To us, Michael is family and he will forever live in all of our hearts." It was a stirring emotional climax for a telecast that was completely revamped...
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Obama to Dems: Health reform 'is in your hands'
VIDEO - Victory within reach, President Obama exhorted House Democrats on Saturday to stay true to their party's legacy and make history...
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