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CIAA Tournament: Half family reunion, half sporting event
The nation’s oldest historically black basketball tournament is marked on the calendar of HBCU fans and party goers. The third most attended basketball tournament for all divisions of NCAA, the CIAA tourney is half family reunion, half sporting event.
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Meet Justus Williams, the Lebron James of Chess
A quick glance at Justus Williams and he looks like a typical 12-year-old. He’s quiet, loves Jay-Z and Lil’ Wayne, and wears the latest and greatest Air Jordan’s. However, don’t get fooled. Justus isn’t typical at all.
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Mentor changes teen’s life
“When you’re in an environment where that’s what you see, you don’t know you’re doing anything wrong. Leikia was reacting and behaving based on her surroundings. I tried to give her a different perspective by letting her see the big picture.”
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The Boston Symphony Orchestra appoints first African-American maestro
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is making history Wednesday with the appointment of Thomas Wilkins, the organization’s first African-American maestro.
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L.A.F.D swears-in first African American Fire Chief
Today at 10 A.M. Daryl Osby will be sworn-in, and become the first African American fire chief in the history of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
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Archaeologists unearthed new details about the lives and cultures of slaves
In a greenhouse on a centuries-old estate where Frederick Douglass lived as a young boy, archaeologists have dug up a variety of objects and strategically placed symbols of spirituality.
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Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to Bill Russel, Maya Angelou and civil rights leaders
The President quoted Angelou, saying, “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again,” and bent down to kiss her cheek as he presented her with the medal.
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[Black History] A Brief History of Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University originally called the Negro Normal School in Tuskegee was founded in a one room shanty, near Butler Chapel AME Zion Church, by Dr. Booker T. Washington on July 4, 1881