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The Confluence of Politics, Race, and Business
politics and race
April 7, 2011
The confluence of politics, race, and business is as tricky to navigate as the foam and spray of water rushing over hidden and seen obstructions of...
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Which version of history will Texas schoolchildren learn?
Society & Culture
March 11, 2010
Houston public school children have access to free instructional materials as mandated by the Texas Constitution.As such, the State Board of...
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Continental honors its first black pilot
Society & Culture
February 8, 2010
Houston-based Continental Airlines has named a Boeing 737 aircraft in honor of its first black pilot, Captain Marlon Green.Captain Green’s...
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Black History Month: University of Houston's integration story
Society & Culture
February 3, 2010
You probably know that the University of Texas admitted its first black student, Heman Sweatt, to its law school in 1950, due to the Supreme Court...
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Black History Month: Houston's sit-ins for civil rights
Society & Culture
February 1, 2010
On February 1, 1960, four North Carolina A&T students unceremoniouslytook seatsand requested meals at a Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro...
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Houston Tea Party Pimps Obama Photo
Society & Culture
January 29, 2010
Houston-based TeaParty.org, a political fundraising group, sent a fundraising email yesterday, with an altered photo of President Obama, depicted...
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Houston-area ISDs may receive federal funding in spite of Governor Perry
Society & Culture
January 20, 2010
The U.S. Department of Education’s Race to the Top program, introduced by President Obama in July 2009, awards money to states that show...
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Negro: What's in a name?
Society & Culture
January 11, 2010
On Saturday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) called President Obama to apologize for remarks made during the 2008 campaign, as...
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Smiley discontinues the State of the Black Union conference
Society & Culture
January 8, 2010
On Wednesday, PBS talk-show host and political activist, Tavis Smiley, announced he would no longer produce his annual State of the Black Union...
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You are not Tiger Woods, no matter who you are
Society & Culture
December 11, 2009
Rush Limbaugh, self-proclaimed Negro morale expert, said Tuesday that due to the racial prevalence (white) of Tiger Woods’ alleged bevy of...
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