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First Lady Michelle Obama on Healthy Eating Habits and More
In this exclusive interview with Everyday Health, First Lady Michelle Obama dishes on getting her kids to eat their vegetables and her healthy living message for American families. Click here for more… Related PostsSculptor Elizabeth Catlett Dies In Mexico What About Black Republicans? Texas civil rights pioneer’s memory kept alive Selma to Montgomery: The March [...]
Ga inmate’s execution nears; protests worldwide
Troy Davis supporters in the U.S. and Europe were trying just about anything to spare him from lethal injection Wednesday evening for killing a Georgia policeman, a crime he and others have insisted for years that he did not commit. Supporters planned vigils around the world. They’ll be outside Georgia’s death row prison in Jackson [...]
African-American Tech Entrepreneurship Gets Center Stage
It’s no secret that African Americans comprise a disproportionately low percentage of people working in technology. Probably less widely recognized are the contributions being made in the high-tech sector by African-American entrepreneurs and corporate executives. This week, both of those topics will get some much-deserved attention on a national stage. During the Annual Legislative Conference [...]
Made In America: The Economics of Black Art
“As the art market rebounds, we are seeing a surge in collectors seeking African-American Fine Art—especially scarce and important works. The sale began with intense competition for 19th-century paintings by Duncanson and Porter, and the momentum was sustained all the way to the final section, a celebration of Romare Bearden’s centennial year, where two of [...]
March aims to draw attention to slaying of black Mississippi man
Los Angeles Times – Reporting from Jackson, Miss.— More than 500 people, including clergymen, elected officials and mothers pushing strollers, gathered here Sunday to denounce the killing of an African American auto plant employee in what authorities say was a racially motivated hate crime. The slaying of James C. Anderson initially attracted little notice outside [...]
