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Verdict Is "Turning Point In History": George Floyd's Family Lawyer
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump hailed the conviction Tuesday of a sacked white police officer for the murder of African-American George Floyd as a "turning point in history" for the deeply divided United States.
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TV Academy Gets First Black CEO In Its 70-Year History
A veteran producer is the newly elected chief executive of the Television Academy.
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African-American Museum Tells 'Story Of All Of Us', Says Barack Obama
President Barack Obama on Friday celebrated the pending opening of the Smithsonian's new African-American museum and said the institution, decades in the making, is a powerful place because it tells "the story of all of us," not just the famous.
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New US Museum Highlights The African-American Experience
What does it mean to be black in America? Exploring that charged question is a core mandate of Washington's newest museum, a bronze-clad building tasked with both recording a painful history and celebrating a rich heritage.
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The Best African-American Figure Skater In History Is Now Bankrupt
Debi Thomas, the best African-American figure skater in the history of the sport, couldn't find her figure skates. She looked around the darkened trailer, perched along a river in a town so broke even the bars have closed, and sighed. The mobile home where she lives with her fiance and his two young boys was cluttered with dishes, stacks of documen...
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Charleston Suspect Up Against South Carolina's Record on Death Penalty
Charleston's chief prosecutor has yet to decide whether to seek the death penalty for the man accused of murdering nine African-Americans at a landmark church, but South Carolina is a state with a history of embracing capital punishment.
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US Prosecutions Not Easy in Police Shootings
As the US Justice Department probes the police shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old African-American in Missouri, history suggests there's no guarantee of a criminal prosecution, let alone a conviction.
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Facing challenges, Barack Obama kicks off second term at public inauguration
Four years after making history by becoming the first African-American president, Barack Obama will kick off his second term on Monday with a scaled-back inauguration that reflects the tempered expectations for his next four years in office.
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London 2012 Gymnastics: 'Flying Squirrel' Douglas soars into history books
Gabrielle Douglas made history on Thursday by becoming the first African-American to win an individual women's gymnastics gold medal at the Olympic Games.
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Verdict Is "Turning Point In History": George Floyd's Family Lawyer
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump hailed the conviction Tuesday of a sacked white police officer for the murder of African-American George Floyd as a "turning point in history" for the deeply divided United States.
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TV Academy Gets First Black CEO In Its 70-Year History
A veteran producer is the newly elected chief executive of the Television Academy.
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African-American Museum Tells 'Story Of All Of Us', Says Barack Obama
President Barack Obama on Friday celebrated the pending opening of the Smithsonian's new African-American museum and said the institution, decades in the making, is a powerful place because it tells "the story of all of us," not just the famous.
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New US Museum Highlights The African-American Experience
What does it mean to be black in America? Exploring that charged question is a core mandate of Washington's newest museum, a bronze-clad building tasked with both recording a painful history and celebrating a rich heritage.
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The Best African-American Figure Skater In History Is Now Bankrupt
Debi Thomas, the best African-American figure skater in the history of the sport, couldn't find her figure skates. She looked around the darkened trailer, perched along a river in a town so broke even the bars have closed, and sighed. The mobile home where she lives with her fiance and his two young boys was cluttered with dishes, stacks of documen...
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Charleston Suspect Up Against South Carolina's Record on Death Penalty
Charleston's chief prosecutor has yet to decide whether to seek the death penalty for the man accused of murdering nine African-Americans at a landmark church, but South Carolina is a state with a history of embracing capital punishment.
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US Prosecutions Not Easy in Police Shootings
As the US Justice Department probes the police shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old African-American in Missouri, history suggests there's no guarantee of a criminal prosecution, let alone a conviction.
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Facing challenges, Barack Obama kicks off second term at public inauguration
Four years after making history by becoming the first African-American president, Barack Obama will kick off his second term on Monday with a scaled-back inauguration that reflects the tempered expectations for his next four years in office.
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London 2012 Gymnastics: 'Flying Squirrel' Douglas soars into history books
Gabrielle Douglas made history on Thursday by becoming the first African-American to win an individual women's gymnastics gold medal at the Olympic Games.
