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Even With Affirmative Action, Blacks and Hispanics Are More Underrepresented at Top Colleges Than 35 Years Ago
Even after decades of affirmative action, black and Hispanic students are more underrepresented at the nation’s top colleges and universities than they were 35 years ago, according to a New York Times analysis. The share of black freshmen at elite schools is virtually unchanged since 1980. Black students are just 6 percent of freshmen but […]
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Jasmyne Cannick
Jasmyne Cannick is a nationally known writer and commentator on political, race and social issues. She was selected as one of ESSENCE Magazine’s 25 Women Shaping the World, one of the Most Influential African-Americans in Los Angeles Under 40, one of Los Angeles’ Most Fascinating Angelenos by the L.A. Weekly and most recently one of 40 People Under 40 […]
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The Trailblazers African Journey
The Trailblazers African Journey 2017 June trip to Senegal, The Gambia and Ethiopia. An educational organized tour conducted by African Focus about Slave History ** Goree Island and Alex Haley’s “Roots” African Naming Mission School Project Beach Resorts Experience Africa’s Oldest Independent Country — Ethiopia History and Archaeological Finds—Ethiopia Phone: 310.676.7300 Email: afstours@africanfocus.org http://africanfocus.org/
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DR. NATHAN F. RABB, JR
Dr. Nathan F. Rabb Jr. is a Traditional Naturopath, not a Medical Doctor. He does not operate as a Medical Doctor. His diplomas and certificates have been earned and awarded by various institutions for his diligence, research and dedication to the physical, mental and spiritual well being of his fellow man and to the […]
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Mallence Bart Williams
Mallence Bart Williams is a real globetrotter. The German-Sierra-Leonean author, filmmaker und fashion designer has lived in Paris, Singapore and the UK. Since 2011 she is head of the creative collective FOLORUNSHO with which she is redefying the term charity. Mallence Bart Williams was only trying on a new jacket. She is designing her […]
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Orphaned kids build new lives after Sierra Leone’s mudslides
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Seven-year-old Ali Mansaray must build a new life for himself after surviving the mudslides and flooding that killed nearly 500 people, including his parents, in Sierra Leone last week. Now he is being looked after by his grandmother, who was spared because she was sleeping at a friend’s home the night of […]
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Black Women Want The Statue Of This Famed Gynocolegist To Come Down For Good Reason
J. Marion Sims, a gynecologist in the 1800s, used enslaved Black women for his medical experiments. The push to remove statues around the country that laud the racist Confederacy has gone intersectional. Women of the Black Youth Project 100 (BYP 100), a collective formed in the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict, protested in front of a statue…READ MORE
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Dick Gregory, 84, Dies; Found Humor in the Civil Rights Struggle
Dick Gregory, the pioneering satirist who transformed cool humor into a barbed force for civil rights in the 1960s, then veered from his craft for a life devoted to protest and fasting in the name of assorted social causes, health regimens and conspiracy theories, died Saturday in …READ MORE
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Comedian, civil rights activist Dick Gregory dies
Dick Gregory, the pioneering satirist who transformed cool humor into a barbed force for civil rights in the 1960s, then veered from his craft for a life devoted to protest and fasting in the name of assorted social causes, health regimens and conspiracy theories, died Saturday in Washington. He was 84. Mr. Gregory’s son Christian Gregory, […]
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Sara Soulati, Mark Gallardo, and Dwayne Mooney Share Memories about Dick Gregory
Sara Soulati is founder and CEO of Global Cardio Care, Inc., the company she launched in Inglewood in 2002 as a place to practice health every day. She has seen the power of EECP improve circulation, prevent disease and reverse cardiovascular disease. She designed the patented pending program called, The Sara Soulati Health For Life Program, a […]
