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Notebook on Black History Month 2012 (part 3): Langston Hughes celebrated

In addition to kicking off the beginning of Black History Month2012, February 1 also marks the 110th anniversary of the birth of Langston Hughes,...
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Notebook on Black History Month 2012 (Part 1): Carter G. Woodson and Company

Historian Carter G. Woodson, who during the Harlem Renaissancefounded Black History Week––later to become Black History Month–...
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Countdown of 10 amazing moments from 2011: No. 3 Afro-descendants worldwide

Although it was mostly disregarded by mainstream media throughout 2011, the United Nations’ observance of the International Yearfor People of...
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Countdown of 10 amazing moments from the year 2011: No. 5 those now departed

Death is as much a part of life as living itself, and even as recently as December 16 when recording artist Slim Dunkin/Mario Hamilton, only 24...
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Countdown of 10 amazing moments from the year 2011: No. 6 Sonny Rollins

Welcome to number 6 in Aberjhani’s Countdown of 10 Amazing Moments from the Year 2011:Preeminent saxophonist and all-around jazzmaster Sonny...
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Countdown of 10 Amazing Moments from the Year 2011: No. 7 and still women rise

It is not uncommon in modern times for African-American womento win major literary awards but it is rare, if not unprecedented, for two such women...
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Countdown of 10 Amazing Moments from the Year 2011: No. 8 Execution in Georgia

The twenty-year battle to confirm the guilt or innocence of former Georgia death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis in the case of slain Savannah police...
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Countdown of 10 amazing moments from the year 2011: No. 9 Belafonte's new song

Human and civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X (Malik El-Shabazz) have become so indelibly symbolic of 1960s African America...
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Countdown of 10 Amazing Moments from the Year 2011: No. 10 the $7 billion actor

If you missed the introduction to Countdown of 10 Amazing Moments from the Year 2011 posted December 12, please click here. The actual countdown...
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Countdown of 10 amazing moments from the year 2011 begins this week

Just as the previous two annual countdowns from the National African American Art Examiner contained people and events some found debatable, this...
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