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La’Shanda Holmes becomes the 1st Black Female Helicopter Pilot in Coast Guard History
On April 9th Spelman grad, La’Shanda Holmes became the 1st Black Female Helicopter Pilot in Coast Guard History
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Malcolm X’s killer is released after 44 years in prison
Thomas Hagan, the only man who admitted his role in the 1965 assassination of iconic black leader Malcolm X, was paroled Tuesday
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Morehouse College hosts the Converse “Band of Ballers” basketball tournament
On May 1st Morehouse College will host Converse “Band of Baller” a charity event featuring artist from a number of Atlanta’s music scenes including Jermaine Dupri, Shawty Lo, OJ Da Juiceman and Jim Jones and punk rock band “the Black Lips” to name a few.
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Delta Sigma Theta to Honor Dorothy Height at Howard
This Wednesday, Height will be honored by the Delta Sigma Theta sorority at 2 p.m. in a public service at Howard University. At 7 p.m., a public Community Celebration of Life memorial will be held at Shiloh Baptist Church in Northwest.
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NC A&T Professor seeks answers to Alzheimer’s
Since the start of her Alzheimer’s work in 2003, Goldi Byrd, chair of the department of biological sciences at N.C. A&T State University, has studied the science; now she also looks at the social factors and perceptions about health studies in the African-American community.
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Discrimination at the doctor’s office
An assessment by Georgetown University researchers, found that Black women with sufficient health insurance and diagnosed with breast cancer had their treatment delayed twice as long as insured White women.
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White robber wears “Black” mask to confuse police
A suspect seen in the surveillance photographs was believed by Springdale, Ohio Police to be an African-American male. The suspect was actually a male, white, who was wearing an elaborate disguise.
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97 year old gets closer to her dream of meeting Obama
Thanks to Hampton University, 97 year old Florence Washington, who voted for the time in her life during the 2008 election, will be closer to meeting Obama come Mother’s Day, when he speaks at HU’s graduation ceremony.