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Nascar Turns to BET to Boost Minorities
A few clicks on the Web site of Black Entertainment Television leads viewers to a short Nascar tutorial filled with information about popular drivers, racetracks and salaries.
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New York City cab driver stabbed for being Muslim
The taxi workers alliance said Sharif, 43, a practicing Muslim originally from Bangladesh, was slashed across the neck, face, shoulder and hand in the attack.
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Spike Lee discusses the making of ‘If God Is Willing’ and ‘Da Creek Don’t Rise’
If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise, which premiered Aug. 23 on HBO, is his second four-hour documentary about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, following 2006’s Peabody Award–winning When the Levees Broke.
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New data shows that African Americans and Hispanics use cell phones significantly more than whites
African-Americans use the most voice minutes — on average more than 1,300 a month. Hispanics are the next most talkative group, chatting an average of 826 minutes a month.
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Black Leaders Outraged by ‘Religious Right’ Moves to Overturn Roe v Wade
The “Religious Right” billboard campaign claiming African American children are an “endangered species” and Alveda King’s comparison of anti-abortion activists to “Freedom Riders” have sparked outrage in the African American community.
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The first Barack Obama Elementary School opened today in Maryland
The first school in the D.C. area named after the current president opens Monday morning as the school year begins in Prince George’s County.
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The Justice Department is looking for “ebonics” speakers to translate for the DEA
The Justice Department is looking for nine linguists with a knowledge of American street slang to “monitor, translate and transcribe” DEA recordings of drug dealers.
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The Negro Motorist Green Book: Looking back to a time when Blacks had no choice but to support Black business
For almost three decades beginning in 1936, many African-American travelers relied on a booklet to help them decide where they could comfortably eat, sleep, buy gas, find a tailor or beauty parlor, shop on a honeymoon to Niagara Falls, or go out at night.