Segregation and Subprime Loans

Report… Segregation and Subprime LoansA new report from the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at New York University found black individuals in more segregated urban areas across the country are more likely to receive subprime loans than those same borrowers in less segregated areas. For New York City, the report found those [...]

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Black Solidarity Day – What happened to it ?

Black Solidarity Day: What does it mean?

By Ben Serrano

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Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Updated: Thursday, October 29, 2009

    In terms of the world of prejudice and racism, much [...]

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12 Things The Negro Must Do For Himself

Written by a black woman in the 1900’s
12 Things The Negro Must Do For Himself
by Nannie Helen Burroughs
(Circa Early 1900’s)
1. The Negro Must Learn To Put First Things First. The First ThingsAre: Education; Development of Character Traits; A Trade and HomeOwnership.The Negro puts too much of his earning in clothes, in food,in show and in [...]

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Is Obese the New “Thick”? | The LA Progressive

Is Obese the New “Thick”?
by K. Danielle Edwards posted on Tuesday, 13 October 2009No Comment
Heavy Black Woman Is Obese the New “Thick”?Too many black women are getting too fat.
Sure, we’ve had a long love affair with our natural curves. The sway of our backsides, the projection of our hips and the generousness of our thighs [...]

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Remembering the Buffalo Soldiers

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Remembering the Buffalo Soldiers
By: Yamiche Alcindor
Posted: October 12, 2009 at 10:18 AM
 

“As bad as the past has been,” says one African American veteran, ”there’s nowhere else I want to be.”

Joseph Hairston enlisted in the Army in 1940 as an 18-year-old and still remembers the cold stares and [...]

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Think Progress » Black NFL Players ‘Wouldn’t Play’ For Limbaugh’s Team: ‘He’s A Jerk’

Black NFL Players ‘Wouldn’t Play’ For Limbaugh’s Team: ‘He’s A Jerk’
limbaughEarlier this week, the media reported that hate radio host Rush Limbaugh is involved in a bid to purchase the National Football League’s St. Louis Rams franchise. Many sports media figures lambasted the idea of Limbaugh owning an NFL team, with one writer saying it [...]

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Films @ the Schomburg

Films @ the SchomburgCampus Activists Series Presented in conjunction with the Courage exhibitions.
October 10th – 1p.m. to 4p.m. 1 p.m. Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968 2 p.m. Merritt College: Home of the Black Panthers
October 17th – 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. 1 p.m. San Francisco State: On Strike 1:30 p.m. February One [...]

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News From New York State Division of Military & Naval Affairs

News From New York State Division of Military & Naval Affairs

News from New York State Division of Military & Naval Affairs
For more information contact: Eric Durr, 518-786-4581
NewYork National Guard Salutes African-American Civil War Soldier
Albany Resident Served in Unit Made Famous in the Movie “Glory”
MENANDS, NY (10/07/2009)(readMedia)– A New York Army [...]

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Nike Commercial Makes Black Athlete Look Likea an Animal?

Nike Commercial Makes Black Athlete Look Likea an Animal? An Alien? What?
Full story: www.womanist-musings.comThis Adrian Peterson Nike commercial has been playing for the last few weeks and it’s so horrible, I literally have to turn my head whenever it comes on. WTF? A black man cant be a great athlete without likening him to…an animal? [...]

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN FINE ART AUCTION

 

 
 
 
 

 

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Dear Art Collector,
Our October 8th auction catalogue of African-American Fine Art is now online and available here. You may view the new 3D version here.
This exciting auction offers 116 lots of 20th Century paintings, sculptures, photographs and works [...]

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