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Jim Brown
Born on February 17, 1936, on St. Simons Island in Georgia, Jim Brown was an All-American athlete who went on to play for the Cleveland Browns as a star running back, setting records and being elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He retired in 1967 to focus on acting, with roles in films […]
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North Dakota Oil Pipeline Spills An Estimated 176,000 Gallons
About 150 miles from where thousands have protested for months that the Dakota Access pipeline could threaten a Sioux tribe’s water supply, a pipeline in the western part of North Dakota has spilled more than 130,000 gallons of oil into a creek, state officials said. In all, the Belle Fourche pipeline lost 4,200 […]
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Desiree Edwards
The more things change, the more they stay the same. I spent this past week at a little-known gem down in South L.A. Its past is long and winding. After a police stop turned violent, sparking riots that tore through Watts in 1965, a group of churches transformed an old furniture store on a fire-charred […]
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Ashra Kwesi
ASHRA KWESI, Lecturer, African & Nile Valley Civilization Historian. To listen to the show click here. He and his wife, Merira Kwesi are lecturers on African history, civilization, religion and culture. They present lively and dynamic slide presentation productions and videos based on their extensive study and travel on the African continent. Their startling and revealing information on […]
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Gerald Greenidge
An Information and Communications Technology professional with more than 20 years of experience in business strategy, product development and management. I deliver high impact Information and Communications Technology solutions to Enterprise, Non-Profit and Small Businesses. Recent roles have included Consulting, Product Development, Web Application Usability, Web Accessibility, Web Content Management, Website Analytics, Website Search, Privacy, […]
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Congress Sends Bill to Obama on Civil Rights-Era Killings
Congress has sent legislation to President Barack Obama’s desk that would continue reviews of racially motivated killings in the civil rights era that are now cold cases. The legislation passed by voice vote at the end of the congressional session early Saturday. It would indefinitely extend a 2007 law that calls for a full accounting […]
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Professor Griff
Richard Griffin (born August 1, 1960), better known by his stage name Professor Griff, is an American rapper, spoken word artist, and lecturer. He is a member of the hip hop group Public Enemy and head of the group Security of the First World. After returning from the army, he started a security service to work […]
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Khalid El-Hakim
Khalid el-Hakim, founded the “Black History 101 Mobile Museum” over 19 years ago while a student at Ferris State University. Khalid has acquired over 3000 diverse artifacts of Black memorabilia that date from the time of slavery to modern Hip Hop culture and is the former Midwest Regional Director of the National Hip Hop Congress. Khalid […]
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Keidi Awadu
Founder and CEO of Black Star Media Group , a multi-media company specializing in web design, streaming media, audio and video production, as well as a spectrum of media production and graphic design services. Founder of LIBRadio.com, an Internet radio station. Awadu also speaks fluent French and Spanish as well as a smattering of Japanese and […]
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Orange County Sheriff’s Deputies’ Once-Secret Log On Jail Informants Reveals Rampant Misconduct
LOS ANGELES ― An Orange County Superior Court judge released a trove of notes from a once-secret document kept by sheriff’s deputies detailing their involvement in a tainted informant program that has allegedly violated the rights of numerous defendants for years. The behavior of prosecutors and… READ MORE.
